Sure Signs
Many times when you see a highway warning sign you never know if they are worth heeding or not. For instance, down here in Patagonia, if you see a guanaco warning sign, you might, or might not see one. …
Days of Many Moods
14 February 2008 Lago Fagnano, Tierra del Fuego, Southern Patagonia, Argentina S54.53362 W67.22849 We found a nice campsite along Lake Fagnano a couple of days ago. The view was beautiful, but like the rest of our trip down…
The End of the World
02/14/2008 54° 48.73′ S We’ve reached the end of the world. All is well. We’re in Ushuaia, Argentina. It’s the southernmost city in the world, located on the island of Tierra del Fuego (land of fire), off the southern coast…
The Gas Man
One of the challenges of world travel is procuring fuel. Generally gasoline and diesel are not a problem unless you are in an area of spot shortages such as Patagonia, where we are now. Propane, however, can…
Making Good Time
02/08/2008 02:10:34 GMT We are 6,186 miles / 9,955 km from the center of the culinary universe, the Maid-Rite in Newton, Iowa. But we are only 697 miles / 1,122 km from the Jumbo parking lot in Viña del Mar,…
Patagonian Traffic Jam
The Ends of the Earth
Parque Nacional Los Alerces, Argentina You can travel to the ends of the earth, but you just can’t escape quality Iowa manufacturing…
South American Waypoints
I created a Garmin GPS data file containing South American waypoints from five sources. If you know of any other web sources of overlander’s SA waypoints, please email me and I will add them to this master file. The…
Gildas Kansas Jones
3 February, 2008 Trevelin, Argentina Dear Troop 27, One of the best things about traveling around the world is that you discover unexpected things in unexpected places, including here in Patagonia. As in the United States, when…