Location Review: Rural Patagonia

You’ve just enjoyed a country-fried steak the size of a dinner plate and you’re now loading fishing poles into the back of your Ford F-100. On your way to the river, you stop by the local gas station to fill up the tank and grab a cup of coffee. While waiting in the checkout line, your eye wanders to gas station’s gun rack and the new selection of shotguns and hunting rifles for sale…

Gas stations that sell guns. Red meat. Fishing.

The American dream is alive and well — in Patagonia, Argentina!

You might know Patagonia from the clothing brand. Or from books and movies, the bad guy in one of the Jack Reacher novels wanted to move here and Dread Pirate Roberts from The Princess Bride retired to Patagonia. But you may not have visited for yourself.

Which is why I’m writing this article.

I recently took a trip through rural Patagonia. And here’s what you can learn from this adventure…

Patagonia’s Small Towns Are… Small

Rural Patagonia is breathtaking. And much of the landscape looks like a scene straight from cover of Field & Stream magazine.