After 16 days in Puerto Varas in the Lakes district, we loaded up the 4Runner with all of our gear and luggage and started on the southern journey on Ruta 7, the Carretera Austral. Our first leg of the trip was down to Hornopiren. It took about four hours and included a 30 minute ferry […]
World Travelers
It’s no secret that the kids ask to go home daily. This has hurt our parental adventure sprits a bit, but recently we’ve seen some glimmers of hope. The kids say things like, “I really want to travel to Japan. You know where they only have cute things like anime and no hiking.” “Can we […]
The Libby App
While traveling for school, the kids have to keep up with their reading and language arts assignments. I do have a few physical books for them but the reality is that 1) We have to travel with whatever we own which doesn’t allow for many physical books. 2) There are very few English book stores […]
Valentine’s Day in Coyhaique
Over our Valentines Day here in Chile, we have done some little Valentine’s Day things. We went on a hike and someone put hearts on the trail. We had heart shaped pancakes for breakfast. We made each other valentines. They were VERY artistic, if I do say so myself. Wilson took screenshots of things he […]
Jane’s Birthday Time Warp Adventure Montage
Jane’s turns eleven today. In her short life, she’s spent two years as a nomad. In 2016, she traveled 30,000 miles around the U.S. to explore national parks and wilderness. In 2022/23, she lived and traveled abroad in Chile. In celebration of her birthday, I picked out pictures from 2016 and 2022/23 that mirrored each […]
Parque Nacional Alerce Andino, Sector Correntoso, near Puerto Montt, Chile
We spent a half-day on the trail today, as we needed the kids to complete some school work in the afternoon. We drove an hour to the northern entrance to Alerce Andino. The drive included a short stretch on the Carretera Austral, Ruta 7, which runs south into Northern Patagonia. It was excited to see […]
Marshmallow
We had a fun friend from home come to visit us last night in Puerto Varas. Marshmallow, Wilson’s tooth fairy, paid him a visit. This marks the first tooth lost for our team in Chile. To prepare for Marshmallow’s impending visit, Wilson brushed his teeth really well, polished the lost tooth, and even tidied his […]
Prepping the 4Runner for Overland Excursion
At the end of December, we start a several months long roadtrip to the southern parts of South America. We’ll be traveling through Chile and Argentina, including driving the entire length of the Carretera Austral road through northern Patagonia and making our way down to southern Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego. To increase our odds […]