2022 Highlights

As 2022 unfurled, we adapted to the realities of coronavirus endemicity. This was the year of make up trips (not 1, not » Read more

Chile, March 2022: A chilly reception (Part 3, Patagonia)

Tuesday, March 29, 2022 We made it to Patagonia! That in itself would be cause for celebration, but after our ordeal in » Read more

Wednesday, March 22, 2022 Our idyllic stay at Tierra Chiloé restored us to a blissfully relaxed state after our stressful insurance snafu » Read more

Saturday, March 19, 2022-Sunday, March 20, 2022 Travel can be stressful, we all know that, but usually the rewards easily outweigh the » Read more

2019 was an active, hectic, and stressful year. The simmering concerns I had been harboring in recent years about my mother’s living » Read more

One of my favorite shows as a child was the Time Tunnel, in which a pop art striped black and white time » Read more

Friday, January 30-Sunday, February 1, 2015 What do love and romance have to do with Antarctica? Actually, mating and fidelity could be » Read more

Patagonia. Even the name sounds remote. Iconic images of Torres del Paine by Galen Rowell, a larger than life nature photographer we » Read more

We met up with our naturalist/photoguide Claudio Vidal at our hotel in Punta Arenas in Chile. A road sign nearby said “Fin » Read more