The daily grind can make it hard to truly live - to find joy, purpose and engagement with the family members, friends, other people and pets in our lives. This month's PBC theme challenged us to try doing just that.
Make Your Month About You
I found this month's theme for A 'lil HooHaa's Photo Blogging Challenge challenging. I'm not one to make myself the center of attention. And tend to consider what other family members / friends would most prefer and then check that I'm okay with that, rathering than putting my preferences first. Anyhow I decided my best approach would be to photograph things / activities that I like.
Make Your Month About Thinking Outside That Box
Several priorities with deadlines took a lot of my time this month. So I had to think a little outside the box to come up with five photos for this edition of the Photo Blogging Challenge.
Patagonia and Atacama: A Month of Hiking, Kayaking and Other Adventures
This post provides a high-level overview of our four weeks visiting multiple national parks/reserves in Patagonia and the high Atacama desert in January/February 2026.
Atacama Desert
We crammed a lot into our 4 full days based out of San Pedro de Atacama. Activities included a hot air balloon ride, visiti8ng a geyser field, photography, a short hike and a reunion with friends we made on our Antarctica cruise back in 2023.