The Story Of Us

Hopefully, leaving our misadventures behind  us in Punta Arena, we got in our rental car on the 26th of December and made the three hour drive to Puerto Natales.  Puerto Natales is a port city in Chilean Patagonia. The drive was uneventful. We saw many many sheep, some gaunico's and got pretty close to the Argentinian border. It was very very windy (something we were going to get very familiar with) so we didn't stop to take any pictures..  But the moment we got close enough to see the city.. it was pure jaw dropping magic and pictures do not do justice to the beauty.  Their city's mascot is a Mylodon, a prehistoric giant ground sloth that lived in Patagonia over 10,000 years ago.  We stayed in an Airbnb we could not find.. the GPS coordinates were way off and the host did not speak English and we felt our bad luck following us around.. but once we finally found it.. it was the prettiest place. The view.. horses grazing in the distance.. definition of idyll...

                               This too was taken at the Farmer's Museum in Cooperstown where I took last weeks photograph. It was especially special because it was where D rode his first carousel. In those early years we cherish those first so very much. Horses are often found on carousels.. it's the rooster that drew my eye.  Framed Print Shower Curtain Tote Bag iPad Cover   Blanket Throw Pillow Paper Cups Paper Napkin Wall Tapestry                                                        Etsy             Instagram             Twitter             Redbubble             Zazzle  

Let's take a trip in our time machine all the way back to Christmas break. After our amazing trip to Peru  and our successfully dealing with issues like altitude sickness and us venturing on longer hikes we thought we were ready for another great big adventure. Patagonia!  And while it was still a pretty good trip it was peppered with issues even before we got on the plane.  So please.. join me on this eventful journey in South America.  We started our journey by flying into Santiago, Chile. We had an overnight flight with a layover in Miami. After spending a night in Santiago we were supposed to fly to Punta Arenas, considered one of the southernmost cities of the world only 870 miles away from Antarctica. Why were we flying to Punta Arenas? We had one and only one reason for going there.. to visit Isla Magdalena, a small island, home to over 120,0 00 Magellanic penguins. You get to walk among them. This one of of the highlights of our trip.. the kids had been...