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El Chalten, our hiking adventure
About 130 miles north of El Calafate is El Chalten. All the local maps indicated we would have 30 miles or more on gravel road, but fortunately we didn’t. Instead we had this: Patagonia is a backbacker’s mecca. We saw numerous pairs … Continue reading
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Tagged Argentina, El Chalten, Fitz Roy, Glaciar Viedma, glaciers, hiking, Lago Viedma, mountains, Patagonia, Perito Moreno
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El Calafate, home of Perito Moreno glacier
Our next Patagonia location was El Calafate. This town is the jumping off point for exploring spectacular glaciers. But first, a bit of other information. El Calafate borders Lago Argentino. Along the shore and growing wild throughout the area are calafate … Continue reading
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Tagged Argentina, El Calafate, glaciers, iceberg, lavender, Patagonia, Perito Moreno, wildlife
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Buenos Aires, She is a Diamond!
We’re on the road again, this time to South America. So what happens now? It’s another suitcase in another hall, starting in Argentina, the land of tango and beef and wine and Evita. We used Buenos Aires as our base for three or … Continue reading
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Tagged Argentina, Buenos Aires, Casa Rosada, Cementerio Recoleta, Evita, roses, tango
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Our Northern California Getaway
After traveling the world for more than a year, it was great to stop and nest in northern California, Truckee to be specific. We found a home away from home in Stephen and Kathy’s Tahoe Donner house (thank you!), in a … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Donner Party, Eagle Lake, hiking, Lake Tahoe, skiing, Truckee
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Have You Heard of Hearst Castle?
On our drive up the Pacific Coast Highway California Route 1, we stopped for several hours in San Simeon at Hearst Castle. San Simeon is the town, but it’s best known for Hearst Castle. William Randolph Hearst once had an estate … Continue reading
Driving up the California Coast
Hordes of people have asked for the blog to restart, so here it is… First we’ll catch up on September, yes September! Remember the blue moon? We saw ours in Palm Springs. This was part of a second annual trip … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Hearst Castle, moon, Palm Springs, San Simeon, seals, Sunnylands, surfing
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Red Rocks Revisited, this time in Sedona
The last time we visited Sedona in 2010, we had a downpour and could barely see the giant red rocks. We never expected such rain in Arizona, but it happens. This time we had beautiful weather and clear views of … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Cathedral Rock, Red Rocks, Sedona, vortexes
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Utah’s Red Rocks and Missing Mountains
The rocks of Utah are as red as the Golden Gate Bridge and hundreds of millions of years old (or 6,000 depending on your point of view). The large concentration of iron oxide colors the rocks red and the lack of … Continue reading
The mighty Colorado River, complete with dogs on paddleboards
The Colorado River starts as a small stream in northern Colorado, grows wider and grander through several states and ends up small once more, with not enough water for all its users’ demands when it reaches California and Mexico. We’ve followed the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Aspen, Colorado, Colorado River, Glen Canyon Dam, Glenwood Springs, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, Lake Powell, Utah
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Finger Lakes to Lavender Fields 