Given the political unrest in Bolivia, we sadly chose not to go to Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni like we wanted to do. The dried up prehistoric lake is the world’s largest salt flat. It looks stunning. So I was bummed. But then we found out that in northwestern Argentina, there also are salt flats! Salinas… Read More Salt Flats of Argentina
When you think of wine tasting in Argentina, I bet you think of Mendoza. No doubt Mendoza has some great wine and it does look beautiful, but there’s another up-and-coming wine region that shouldn’t be overlooked – Cafayate. Given that Brice doesn’t really love wine, he was less enthused about going to Mendoza, which requires… Read More Cafayate – The Other Argentine Wine Region
My mom asked me the other day if I was still vegetarian and if so, how it was going while traveling. It certainly isn’t always easy and I try to be flexible in areas where I know vegetarianism is not a thing. The middle of Spain was probably the most challenging – jamon (sort of… Read More Buenos Aires: Top Vegetarian Eats
Some fast facts about Patagonia: Patagonia is at the very end of South America. It is bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the west and the Atlantic to the east. As a result, it’s also the gateway to Antarctica. Patagonia is not its own country – it is shared by both Chile and Argentina. Only 10%… Read More Glaciers, Mountains, Hikes: Argentinian Patagonia
After two years of planning, in November 2019 we finally made it to Torres del Paine, the famous national park in the Patagonia region of Chile! Now, this isn’t going to be your full-on “How to Hike the W Trail.” There are so many other blog posts out there for that. Instead this is some… Read More Hiking the W Trail in Torres del Paine
Ok, I’m going to put it in writing to make myself more accountable (that’s a thing, right?) – I am going to try turning more of the ridiculously lengthy thoughts I take in my iPhone Notes app into actual blog posts. For nearly every destination we have visited, I’ve detailed my favorite restaurants, where we… Read More Chilean Patagonia: More than Torres del Paine
Ok, can someone explain how in the world we are at the end of 2019? Truly, I feel just yesterday was July, and it doesn’t seem that long again that I was celebrating last Christmas with my good friend Lauren in Thailand. And now, bam, here we are at the end of a decade. What’s… Read More Happy Holidays! 2019 Recap
So after adventuring about in Patagonia for 3 weeks, on both the Chilean and Argentinian sides of the border, we hopped up to Buenos Aires. Here it is summertime so it’s a toasty change up from the chilly weather in the south of South America. We spent a week decompressing after so much hiking and… Read More Life in Buenos Aires
Well, we officially survived our West Coast road trip. Two months and eleven states later, we are back in Oregon. We saw so many great National Parks, listened to a crazy number of podcasts, visited more McDonald’s than I’d been to in years prior, ate a lot of PB&Js, and visited quite a few friends… Read More …And 7,300 Miles Later
We were lucky enough to kick off our National Park road trip with a week at Yellowstone. Wow. Absolutely incredible. The geysers, the views, the waterfalls, the crazy rock formations. All the buffalo, the elk, and our one bear (!!!) sighting. It was all beautiful and fascinating and intriguing. I was definitely smitten. Our National… Read More Amazing Yellowstone
