Weather You never know what the weather will be like down here. We began the day with low expectations. In fact, we cancelled our kayaking expedition because the winds were a little strong. At one[…]
Antarctica Trip – Drake Passage – Days 1-3 – Nov 18-20, 2016
Day 1 – Ushuaia and Beagle Canal Rough start to the trip… After picking up my cold-weather gear at 9:00am I headed down to the main street in Ushuaia to try and find a luggage[…]
Ushuaia, Argentina – Lago Escondido 4×4 – Nov-2016
I wasn`t sure what to do on my last day in Ushuaia. I was tempted to take it easy and relax before my journey, but I had to get out and explore. Of all of[…]
Ushuaia, Argentina – Beagle Channel – Nov-2016
After stretching my legs on land (and by canoe) the previous day I thought it was finally time to get on the water and see some penguins. I love penguins, and seeing loads of them[…]
Ushuaia, Argentina – Tierra del Fuego – Nov-2016
Ushuaia I had planned this trip since Feb-2016, and on 13-Nov-2016 I finally made it to Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost city in the world. The setting of the city is beautiful. There are snow-capped mountains[…]
November 2016 Challenge – Photo at 5:55pm Each Day
Background: I just bought a new, sweet Canon camera, the first nice camera I have ever had and the first camera I have owned in over a year. It was in preparation for a long-awaited[…]
October 2016 Challenge – Grattitude
Background: Sometimes we forget to be grateful for all of the wonderful things in our life. They do not need to be big, life changing events or possessions… little things that happen to us on[…]
September 2016 Challenge – Portuguese Through Song
Background: It had been a while since I had been challenged to learn a language, I had only been dabbling in languages over the last few months with seriously studying them, and I had not[…]
August 2016 Challenge – A Return to the Fingernails
Background: In November 2014 Jen challenged me to stop biting my fingernails for the entire month. It was a major success and for months my fingernails looked great. Some months later I started biting them[…]
Peru – Ccorca and the Tecsecocha Canyon
Last weekend I was able to get out again with the South American Explorers Club (SAE) to do a nice little Saturday day hike to Ccorca and the Tecsecocha Canyon. It was great to be[…]