In light of the terrible earthquake (8.8 magnitude) that shook central Chile this morning, I thought I’d write a post to let everyone know that we are fine.  We did not feel the earthquake here because we are about 1200 miles away in Punta Arenas.  Punta Arenas is located on the Strait of Magellan between […]

Painting courtesy of French cyclist Anne Buisson. Thanks Anne! Check out her and partner Stephane’s website by clicking here
Hi everybody!  Ana and I are in Puerto Natales, Chile and doing well.  The weather has been awesome lately, and we’ve been enjoying the sunshine and warm weather.  We’ve been in Puerto Natales for a […]

I was bit by a horse at summer camp when I was a kid.  It was the last week of summer and all the horses were pretty ornery from having kids climbing all over them the past 3 months.  I’d spent most of my week at camp shooting bows and arrows, carving my spork, learning […]

Sometimes it can be really windy here!  As an example of how strong the Patagonian winds can be, Mango was physically blown across the parking lot today.  It happened while we stopped to say hi to a German couple with a VW Eurovan in the trailhead parking lot of Torres del Paine National Park.  It […]