Cattle Cove
in Coñaripe, Chile
![Curious goats](https://assets.chrisruppel.com/img/img@1280/cattle-cove-2.jpeg)
![Barbed wire fence completely covered in wool.](https://assets.chrisruppel.com/img/img@1280/cattle-cove-1.jpeg)
![Pig grazing.](https://assets.chrisruppel.com/img/img@1280/cattle-cove-9.jpeg)
![Mossy tunnel with woman taking a photograph inside.](https://assets.chrisruppel.com/img/img@1280/cattle-cove-4.jpeg)
![Moss-covered dirt.](https://assets.chrisruppel.com/img/img@1280/cattle-cove-8.jpeg)
![Man overlooking a lake from on top of a hill.](https://assets.chrisruppel.com/img/img@1280/cattle-cove-3.jpeg)
![Clear water with lake bottom visible beneath.](https://assets.chrisruppel.com/img/img@1280/cattle-cove-6.jpeg)
![People lounging on rocks at the edge of a lake.](https://assets.chrisruppel.com/img/img@1280/cattle-cove-5.jpeg)
When Karin and I first hiked to Lago Pellaifa, we'd been searching for a secluded cove which she remembered from her childhood. We didn't find it that day, but we were determined to try again. With a couple more directions from her mom we went hiking again with Katie and John. This time we found it!
When we got to the cove, there was a cow chewing its way through the brush, so we nicknamed the spot "Cattle Cove" in honor of our new friend.