Dave & Meredith's Travel Blog

Sure this is late. Sure we left Patagonia a while ago. So I found these notes lying around 2 weeks later. You know you’ll still enjoy them. Here’s a short list of the unexpected aspects of the Patagonia portion of this trip: The ice cream is excellent in Argentina (not so much Chile). It’s very […]

Dave is an incredibly talented photographer. But how about some of these shots that *I* took: Dave Doing What He Does Guanaco Doing What It Does Taking It All In A Fox Who Thought I Had Food

The downside is that we’re supposed to be in Quito, Ecuador by now but due to some missed connections, we’re in a hotel in Lima, Peru tonight and will get to Quito tomorrow mid-day. The upside is that we finally have a fast Internet connection again so I’ve posted a few galleries of pic’s so […]

We´re getting ready to go to the airport to travel to the Galapagos. Last night we had our farewell dinner with our tour group. Last Group Picture We had dinner in a private room at our hotel in El Calafate. When we arrived, we saw a slideshow of pictures that one of our tour leaders, […]

In our last episode, we were in El Calafate, about to leave to cross the Chilean border and enter Torres del Paine National Park. It was a long day of travel but it was sunny and the views were outstanding which made it pretty pleasant. When you enter the high plains near the border, the […]

Today we took a boat ride to view several glaciers and icebergs. When we got to the boat at the dock, our guide confidently led us past rows and rows of seats already teeming with eager tourists laden with cameras, binoculars and extra fleece. I was starting to get a little worried that all the […]

We’ve had a great time in the Argentinian side of Patagonia the last few days. After spending last weekend on Peninsula Valdes seeing wildlife, we flew south to El Calafate which is the launching point for glacier viewing and rock climbing. The word Calafate is the Spanish word for caulk. When early explorers needed to […]

Oh my God I am so sore.  Taking the day off from hiking today.

Dave & Meredith with Crampons              Gene Simmons with Spikey Boots We hiked on a glacier today! I don´t think I stopped smiling the whole time I was on the glacier (2 – 3 hours). It was amazing and I wasn´t really that sore from doing the all-day hike yesterday. Dave & Meredith in […]

Today we did an all-day hike around the base of Mount Fitz Roy. It was beautiful. I haven’t done an all-day hike in a few years. It was challenging and really rewarding. Feeling really good about getting back into the gym for the last couple months to help prepare! Scenes from our All-day Hike