Paradise Harbor is home to Base Brown, one of the many research facilities on the continent. The harbor was also our second zodiac outing. … More Astounding Antarctica: Surreal Terrain with Unpredictable Weather
The Hubs and I anxiously wandered Ushuaia for hours before we were to meet at the port parking lot. We prepped for the expedition, hunting down a market that was open and had power. … More Bon Voyage… Through the Beagle Channel, Across the Drake Passage and Stopping at Danco Island, Antarctica
I’m honestly not even sure where to begin with this part of the trip. I’m standing at my kitchen island browsing through page after page after page of notes and quotes and musings in my travel journal that I take with me everywhere. … More Epic Antarctic Adventure Begins – Aboard the Ocean Endeavor
With one more day left to explore Ushuaia, and a million options for hiking the beautiful place, we opted for the glacier perched in the mountains up and behind our hotel, Glaciar Martial. … More Tierra del Fuego Glacier Hunting at Glaciar Martial
El Fin de Mundo came complete with a multitude of hiking options. Tierra del Fuego (Land of Fire) abuts Ushuaia, and the mountains were astonishing and quite literally left my mouth agape when I first laid eyes on them. … More The Time I Accidentally Larcened THREE Dogs in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
I received looks of bewilderment when I told people we were flying to Ushuaia. Generally, the verbal response I got was, “where is that?! And why are you going there?” Fair question since I, myself, didn’t know the first thing about the southern-most city in the world before booking an Antarctic cruise. … More A Visit to the Southern-Most City in the World: Ushuaia, Argentina
The months prior, the Hubs continually browsed the available dogs on animal welfare’s website. He would regularly comment on the cuteness of several, which would prompt me to also peruse the four-legged beasts. … More When You Stupidly Adopt a Puppy the Day You Get Back from a Trip…
This will be the last episode of “Guinness Goes to…” before the Hubs and I FINALLY depart on our first international journey of 2022. Stupid COVID. Anyway, in the weeks before Hubs’ shoulder surgery, I decided to take a weekend away. We took the short jaunt three hours south out to Virginia Beach … More Guinness Goes to Virginia Beach
Final stop on this trip… another small town in the northeast, St. Albans, Vermont. This sojourn in the journey was marked by extremely snowy hikes in the Vermont wilderness … More Guinness Goes to St. Albans, Vermont
Given our affinity for visiting smaller towns while traveling, I located a coastal town in Maine with a population of just over 2,000 people… Boothbay Harbor. … More Guinness Goes to Boothbay Harbor, Maine
