Wilson turned 8 today, the first birthday for the family in Chile. So far in Wilson’s life, he’s had two birthdays on our adventures. Here’s a picture of Wilson around his 2nd birthday at Olympic National Park on our 30,000 mile Airstream adventure around the U.S. He’s gotten so big, and he still loves sticks, […]

Made it to the top. Failed to do so yesterday, but today we were up at 6am, on the summit at 8am, back to the house by 9am. Jane and Wilson had mostly good attitudes about the need to reattempt the hike. Going up was tough on the lungs, down tough on the knees and […]

We woke early this morning to hike Cerro Manhuequito, the smaller peak adjacent to the larger Manhueque. Both mountain summits we can see from different rooms in our home. The trailhead is only a fifteen minute drive. We planned to leave the trailhead at dawn, giving us enough time to reach the summit of Manhuequito. […]

I don’t have many addictions, but good coffee and good water are two. During the pandemic I pulled the trigger bought a DeLonghi coffee, espresso, latte, grind your own beans, all in one, GLORIOUS coffee machine. I think I can count on my hands the number of times I’ve purchased coffee at a coffee shop […]

We made our first trip out of the city today. We’ll keep venturing further and further as our year progress, exploring more and more of Chile. For now, we’re content to explore the city and outlying parks. Today, we made a trip out Ruta 5 to a preserve called Laguna de Batuco, a unique lagoon […]

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Everyday Chile (@every_day_chile) When we traveled the US in 2016, we loved having bicycles to get around and explore, especially in national parks. We decided the family needed bikes. Wilson and I walked a mile to a truly massive shopping mall yesterday evening and bought two […]

We plan to venture out of Santiago while we’re in Chile, and we need our own vehicle to do so. Renting would be cost prohibitive and restrictive, and so we opted to purchase our own car. Purchasing a car under normal conditions at home can be stressful, and purchasing a vehicle as a foreigner in […]

You know those scenes in Sex in the City where you see Carrie sitting at her computer typing, deleting, typing, deleting? That’s been me with this post the past few days. I’m trying to be positive. I really am but dang when it comes to the basics – water, shelter and food its hard. All […]

I’m overly pleased with the language learning app, Duolingo. I had low expectations, though I’ve been blown away by the effectiveness of the app to teach a language. I started about 30 days ago with no Spanish language background. I only knew a handful of commonly known words. The app has me somewhat comfortable with […]

Greetings! I’m just the transcriptionist. Wilson is telling about the choir audition process, and Jane will cover the first rehearsal with the children choir. The Audition (by Wilson) I was nervous about the language and that I wouldn’t understand what anyone was saying. I kind of didn’t want to go because I knew it would […]