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Well, at least we got away from hurricanes and tropical storms I took this photo Friday afternoon after the smoke blew in during the night. The tall tree on the left is 315 yards from the back door. If you squint real hard you can see a small white square just below the center of the photo. That’s the wrap on a wall of a house under construction. It’s 720 yards away. Love my laser rangefinder. We have the southern edge of 3 separate fires just 40 miles to the northwest of us that cover 450,000 acres, one fire 40 Read more »

Hope everyone is doing well as we move through these troubling times. Here’s some scenes from the market at Puerto Montt, Chile from our trip in 2017.

Part 1 – Santiago and Valparaiso January 2017 found Lynn and I traveling out and about in portions of Chile and Argentina with our friends Mary and Joe Studlick. Joe spent a considerable amount of time going back and forth with Jeff at Off the Beaten Path (OBP) to plan a 20+ day trip to visit the Atacama Desert and Patagonia in Chile and the Salta area in Argentina. And OBP did a great job with airport to hotel transfers, guides, restaurant reservations, wine tours, and trips back and forth across the Chile/Argentine border. We were looking for good food, Read more »

Wow, am I a slacker or what? Here’s some pics from the Birkie weekend finally. Hope to see yall again sometime.   [Show slideshow] 1 2 ►