Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. ― Anaïs Nin Okay, I think Lobos Marinos (as they call them here), or Marine Wolves is a much better name than Sea Lions. This was the kids first official dive as certified scuba divers. But getting there wasn’t a piece of cake. Having these animal encounters with the penguins...
Everything you can imagine is real ~ Pablo Picasso We visited the surreal Perito Moreno Glacier, one of many glaciers here in Argentina’s Glacier National Park. This area is the 3rd largest reserve of freshwater on the planet, with the Perito Moreno glacier measuring up to 5 km wide. The magnitude of a glacier with a face that is...
None of us really knew what to expect with this awesome adventure, but here are some lessons that we learned right off the bat. Our bodies need to be broken in. Our feet are transitioning into “summer feet” barefoot and flip flops are an adjustment. Our skin is molting from the sun. We are getting used to our backpacks...
Happy New Year! We rang in the new year with a bang here in La Paloma, Uruguay. At the stroke of midnight the sky was ablaze with fireworks. With no regulation of fireworks and little fire danger, fireworks were literally being launched all around us from backyards all around town. It was an amazing display and a unique experience...
It’s been a long time since I’ve been given a writing assignment, but here we are and I’m the last one to complete it (good chance that trend will continue) so, here goes…. Traveling tends to magnify all human emotions. — Peter Hoeg I’m excited for all the things that made the last RTW trip so awesome. This trip...
I am so excited to take this trip with our family! I find it is consuming more and more of my thoughts as it is getting closer. Of course for me, much of the joy of travel is the planning and anticipation! Today I find myself thinking about why this is so important to me to share with our...
We are six months out from heading on the road and in my free time I find it hard to think about much else. Mostly I keep focused on what I need to do before we go since I know how fast six months can fly by! Here is a taste of what we are working on: Making reservations...