Posts by Rochelle Comeaux
Leaving Our Comfort Zone
Our last week in Patagonia was mostly spent surrounded by glaciers, waterfalls, alerce trees, and swarms of horse flies…just the kind of habitat that Don and I thrive in. Our last day in the woods ended in a relaxing boat ride back to Bariloche, and even though we knew it was time to move north…
Read MoreHome Away from Home
I´m a bit crunched for time this evening, but it is time for a blog post, and I want to tell about this last week before we leave on our 4-night backpacking trip in the morning. Our week consisted of 3 big trips, with lots of nice downtime in between. We hiked up to the…
Read MoreEndless Adventures in Bariloche
Sometimes you spend hours of research and hundreds of dollars on excursions and activities, and other times you get offered to do them all for free! This week, in addition to a couple of beautiful hikes that we planned on our own, we had the incredible luck of doing many wonderful activities without spending a…
Read MoreThe Gateway to Patagonia
An entire week has gone by since my last blog, and now there is more to say than I could ever hope to put into words. We ended up spending a total of 5 days in Buenos Aires before taking a 20 hour bus ride to Bariloche, where we are currently working at the front desk of a…
Read MoreBienvenidos a Buenos Aires
After nearly a year of planning, thousands of dollars of saving, and 36 hours of travel, we made it to Buenos Aires, Argentina. It has been a relatively smooth transition, and we feel strangely comfortable and at home in this city. The biggest difference is language, but Don and I are on a mission to learn…
Read MoreAmerica The Beautiful
(Written on Thursday, November 7th at 7am) Total Road Trip Days: 33 Total Road Trip Miles: 8, 025 We have completed our road trip! We finished a few days early, a few dollars poorer, and with a bit more miles under our belt than expected, but we’re already talking about when and where we can…
Read MoreThe Mountains Are Calling
(Written on Sunday, November 3rd at 9am) Total Days: 30 Total Mileage: 7,000 Our drive into Taos, New Mexico turned out to be much more eventful than we had anticipated. As we headed over the High Road to Taos Scenic Byway (State Road 518 through the Carson National Forest), the small rainstorm that had just…
Read MoreFamily Comes First
(Written on Wednesday, October 30th at 4pm) Total Days: 27 Total Mileage: 6, 500 When we first began planning our trip to South America, our biggest concern was not our safety, the money, or the need to quit our jobs and put our belongings in storage. The problem was that we had family all over…
Read MoreLaissez les Bons Temps Rouler (Let the Good Times Roll)
(Written Saturday, October 26th at 10pm) Total Days: 23 Total Miles: 5,700 A couple weeks ago we were driving around Montana and South Dakota alone, camping on forest roads and looking for hikes. Those days are long gone. Nowadays we’re visiting the people and places we have missed in the past few years and exploring…
Read MoreFamily, Food, and Frankenmuth
(Written Saturday, October 19th at 10am) Total Days: 15 Total Mileage: 4,100 We are just leaving Michigan and heading to Chicago after a wonderful 4 night/3 day visit with Don’s family in Spring Lake. We are pretty sure we set some sort of record for most activities fit into one visit. Living on the West…
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