Las Cajas

We took a day to visit a Parque Nacional, called "Las Cajas." Named after its seven lagunas. The lagunas were given the name "Cajas" meaning, boxes. The park at it's lowest point they say is at around 9,000 ft and we ended up hiking to one of the highest peaks, which we found out later was at about 13,000 ft. Definitely the highest I've ever been so far.

I guess that explains for the light-headedness, dizziness, shortness of breath, headaches, and Matt's nose started bleeding. But getting to the top was well worth it.

My favorite of the rock structures. We call it, "Pique Picchu"

Each "Caja" had its own dedicated forest that grew in an isolated patch.

Matt O'keefe... #slothstatus

The first of seven lagunas

Walking the spine of the mountain. 

The goons

One point got pretty steep...

"TOURISMO!" There I am with a Cajas map. 

The final formation

It rains constantly in Cajas. Weather changes were super dramatic and you can see clouds all around spiraling and shifting.

Getting off the mountain right before night-fall... Matt is always prepared with his gadgets and we used a couple fancy headlamps.