Dave & Meredith's Travel Blog

One of the great things about traveling is the people you meet.  We have a great group with us on the Patagonia trip.  We have lots of time during meals and bus rides to get to know each other.  Because we’re on a trip half way around the world, it’s a safe bet that we […]

I´ve never seen roadkill happen before. As we drove to the town of El Chalten, a bus approached us from the other direction at the same time an armadillo decided to cross the road. He stopped at a point where the bus would have missed him just fine. But then he freaked out and started […]

This trip has something for everyone. If you’re into wildlife, great – lots of mammals, sea creatures, birds – you name it. Like food and wine? Check and check (The tomatoes here are so incredible. After several months of crappy out-of-season grocery-store tomatoes in Boston, it’s like heaven to come here in their summer. And […]

We’re on Peninsula Valdes, which is a remote and protected peninsula in northern Patagonia. We have seen lots of wildlife – penguins, elephant seals, sea lions, guanacos (sort of like llamas), hares, lots of birds, etc. My favorite animal sighting was the armadillo. We saw several of them scampering around at an estancia near this […]