We left Chile very early in the morning at 4am. The plane was awesome! It had movies in your own tv, breakfast and drinks. It was very cool watching the sun rise. After 3 hours, the plane landed. We got off and got our bags and a guy came up and told us the dogs… Continue reading The Beach House — Annabelle
Category: Big trip II Alaska to Patagonia
An overland journey with six kids and two dogs from Fairbanks, Alaska to Patagonia
Sylvia — Divercity!!
Yesterday I went to Reversity and it was really fun. We took a combi and then we got dropped off. It was a really long ride. We were dropped off on the highway and we crossed the street on a really long walking bridge and we got to the children’s museum and they were closed… Continue reading Sylvia — Divercity!!
Bolivia!
When last our story ended, Ryan, Jack and I had arrived at our hotel at 4am and fell asleep. We slept until noon and then took a long walk downhill. La Paz is a canyon. The Choqueyapu river flows through it but the river has been nearly completely built over so it is almost entirely underground… Continue reading Bolivia!
Back in Peru
We’re back in Peru. A little of a let down after being in Chile for so long. No more clean places and such. The first day here was spent getting comfortable and helping Mother, Ryan and Jack to get ready to go to La Paz. The next couple of days were spent recouporating from our airport shanigan.… Continue reading Back in Peru
From Mark: Smoking
A while back I said in a post there were a few things I wanted to talk about before we left South America. One of them is smoking. I’m not a big fan of smoking. I know a lot of people that smoke. My Dad used to smoke. He quit a long time ago. My… Continue reading From Mark: Smoking
From Mark: Exit Strategy
There have been a few questions about how we are going to finish this trip we are on. Here is the background on the current plan and the best guess as what the future holds: The family has made it back to Lima, Peru. We sold the camper in Santiago, Chile. Michelle found a great… Continue reading From Mark: Exit Strategy
Relentlessly Forward
Like Farid said in a blog comment (and now my favorite quote): But overall this unrelenting capacity to go forward! Or, like Scuffy the Tugboat: there is only one way to go and that was with the rushing river On Friday, April 26, we sold the camper. The man who bought it did not have a… Continue reading Relentlessly Forward
Le Blog Post
We arrived at a place that looks like Alaska. There are numerous pine trees that frame a marshy river-pond. It smells really good, a mix of pine trees and cinnamon sugar, sort of. Good times. We parked at pullover a couple of miles Validivia. Father and Ryan drove in to the town to scope out… Continue reading Le Blog Post
Stressed – and NO ONE tell me it is desserts spelled backwards!
**Note that while I was typing this blog post, Mark texted me that he had hit a car! (advice from me: never text anyone that – just call). He backed into a car while leaving the vet. Very minor accident. The owners were yet to be located. I called our insurance company and they had never had… Continue reading Stressed – and NO ONE tell me it is desserts spelled backwards!
Impulse Buying and Public Urination – Jack
Chile is big on a lot of things, skateboarding, Kurt Cobain, smoking, and long passionate kissing on the ground in public (making out) but two of my favorite things is their public urination and their impulse buying. We’ve been at this gas station for a week or two in total, at this gas station there’s… Continue reading Impulse Buying and Public Urination – Jack