So what do you do after a South American triathlon?

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE END OF THIS BLOG FOR SOME HOT VOLCANIC ACTION.

Step 1: Eat a man-sized Chilean hamburger at Rap's in Pucon, Chile. Order the Italiana, which turns out to be nothing whatsoever resembling an Italian sandwich, but instead instead the entire butt of a cow served up on a huge bun, with some kind of spicy avocado sauce. BEST SERVED WITH A PISCO SOUR, OR TWO.

Step 2: Eat home-made gelato at Cassis on Fresia St. in Pucon. Also, eat a huge slice of their caramel cake (not pictured).

Step 3: Go to thermal springs. Es muy caliente...

...feed baby (note glass of wine, no self-neglect here)...

...get babies to fall asleep...

...snuggle with wife in hot springs (note sleeping babies in background)...

Step 4: Climb an active volcano via a 5 hour ascent at 4am, before flight leaves for Spokane. Check out these sweet videos:

Well, folks, so that's a wrap of the Pucon, Chile trip! Next stop: New Orleans Half-Ironman Triathlon in April. Until then, check back occasionally for training snippets and triathlon related updates. Or maybe even family pictures! Also, if you haven't gotten around to it, be sure to subscribe to the FREE nutrition, performance, fitness and wellness information at http://www.bengreenfieldfitness.com.