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.
Tag: kayaking
Make Your Month About Things You Love
I set two ground rules for this round of the Photo Blogging Challenge. First, I'd share THINGS I love (not people). And second, they'd be things I love NOW, knowing they'll be likely to change over time.
Torres del Paine National Park
Excluding travel days, we allocated four full days for exploring parts of Torres del Paine. During that time, weather and other variables cooperated such that we experienced two of the three "must do" activities that we identified during out trip planning. Unfortunately, a multiplicity of factors meant we ended up missing out on the French Valley hike. Instead, we did a couple of half day hikes and went exploring for fossils. Keep reading for more on all of our Torres del Paine adventures, including making new friends from home when we were all far from home.
Make Your Month Different
This month's PBC theme heightened by awareness of events and decisions outside the bounds of our typical choices. Some were voluntary, some involuntary. This post shows a handful of moments when we shook things up!
Makes Me Smile
This month's Photo Blogging Challenge theme was a helpful nudge to lean into the things that bring you joy and make you smile, a small - but powerful - counterweight against the way so much of what's in the news these days fosters dread and frustration.