Welcome! We’ve carved four months out of our busy lives to take a journey to the southern end of of the Americas. The magical internet makes it possible to keep in touch and share adventures with our friends and family (and also lets us take our office along to keep up with work).
The Adventure Begins - Torres del Paine, Chile
About us: we’re a well-aged couple celebrating our 10th year together by taking a journey of both outer and inner discovery. We know we are fortunate to have the health and the opportunity to travel for an extended period of time. Our intention is to be open to life and to learn from both the hard and the magical lessons that happen while on the road in new lands. We trust this will help us grow personally and expand the ways we can be of service.
We look forward to sharing some highlights with you. Our plans are pretty open. We know we’ll be in Patagonia (Chile and Argentina) for the first month and are heading north, but after that there’s a lot of room to “wing-it” and see what happens. We’d love to hear back from you while we wander!
(One Blog tip – our entries get posted in reverse chronological order, so if you haven’t been here for a while you might want to scroll down and work your way UP. Its kindof like us, going from south to north…)
Hal and Allison,
My best to you both. I have dreamed of an adventure retracing some of Shackleton’s perilous voyage. Much further south than you are now but pics of glaciers, fauna etc make me dream (better than watching Dow!)
The beauty of nature’s silence must be spectacular where you are.
Peace to you both,
Tom
Thanks for letting me know about your blog. Looking forward to hearing and seeing your adventures. You are so right about being fortunate to have the time and health for these wonderful adventures. Namaste.
Hey guys! Great to see the blog up – cool design!
I look forward to keeping track of you two over the coming months. Best of luck and enjoy yourselves.
Hi Hal & Allison:
Its been awhile. What an inspiring trip you are on. I am looking forward to having the freedom to take off for an extended adventure myself. When I get around to it, I hope you won’t mind sharing some of the magical places you discovered on the way!
I’ve been on a sort of inner journey. I am going through this memory course .pmemory.com It has been a pretty amazing process. If you have any interest in that kind of thing, you should take a look at the demo video. I didn’t believe it at first, but the guy is for real.
Well, be safe and I am looking forward to hearing more about your adventures.
Cary
Nice blog !!!
Oh how fabulous. You made it. Great pics so I can enjoy your trip vicariously. What a serious adventure you are on and what a lot to put it all together including the ‘office’.
So there you are with the condors and the penguins and the ‘ancient ones’. The peaks are humbling. It must be something to be there not to mention the logistics it takes to get around and fitness it takes to be there. I bow.
I am now in San Pancho delicious velvet warm air, sleeping to the ocean’s lullaby and taking tango lessons a few times a week. I have found a wonderful teacher who has studied in Buenas Aires and dances with me in a kind of infinity house.
It doesn’t have the fourth wall. The house sits up on a hill and overlooks the old part of Puerto Vallarta, the mountains to the west and the ocean to the east. It’s like out of a book.
Then there’s polo three times a week.
How different and amazing our lives and how lucky are we. It was so sweet to read your first chapter. It sounds like you are up for and well readied for one of the great and transformitive times of your life. Glad you are capturing it for you and all of us. Lovely gift.
Take excellent care.
Warmly, Holly
WOW, you two look amazingly at home!
So wonderful to see your smiling faces.
thanks for sharing your adventures with us.
Breeze and I are off to St. John for a few weeks of sunshine.
Hope to catch up on your blog in two weeks!!
Be well.. Robin
And catch you in San Fran next year
So you leave the harsh winter of the Rockies for more cold and blustery? You mountain goats can’t get enough! It looks beautiful, of course. Enjoy your excellent adventure! Y que le va bien, vaya con el sol, amigos…
Hey derwish
May your pilgrimage to the deepest place inside reveal the same beauty and power as the land there shows you on the outer world and may you both return complete.
Hey Guys!
Great to see your pics! Awesome!! Good for you for going for it! I feel blessed to have friends like you who do very cool things so I can see the pictures and hear the stories of your great adventures. It makes me feel like I can have more great adventures too! I’m looking forward to the next installment. Erick and I will be in Colorado the first week of May. Will you be home by then, I hope?
Love you!! Ildi
You two are amazing! Thanks for taking me along for the ride. I can only imagine how much work went into the trip, but what an opportunity to see such a wild and amazing part of the world. I’m delighted to follow you on the blog. Many thanks for sharing this!
Have a wonderful trip, stay healthy, and come home safely, loaded with stories and photos! Can’t wait to see the whole saga!
Much love,
Barbara
HI,
Sounds like so so much fun. I will put this on my blog list and make sure to check back for post.
Love,
Pearl
I am so happy for you two, and jealous at the same time! the pictures are awesome. I will be checking on you from time to time, please keep up the blog
Allison and Hal – thanks for sharing your adventure. Many of your photos take me back to our cruise through the fiords, etc last year. So breathtaking. I have to say, your journey is convincing me that when I do get back there – I probably won’t camp.
I am now all caught up on your tale and I want more! Please blog soon so that I can follow your magnificent photos.
love, Marsha Sue
Great pictures Hal! Sounds like a wonderful trip.
wow. I imagine the pix hardly do the vast scenery justice, but it looks like stunning country. Quite the adventure you’re having, a real lesson on being in the moment and dealing with what each day throws your way. Blessings…
Hi Allison and Hall!!
Trust everything is going great!! It has been a pleasure to meet you a couple of weeks ago in Patagonia!! The AGT was a great experience to me! Keep treeking guys!! and enjoy your two months left in South America.
Best Wishes from Mexico
Fernando
Hey you two, the wonder of the internet. I travelled with my partner then for 13 months and relied on two letter destinations to keep all my friends and family in touch.
This is lovely and beautifully constructed. Glad you are our ambassadors in this big adventure and adventurous time in our history. you couldn’t be more suited
It sounds like you are having a magnificent journey. You must be seeing wonders and beauty and experiencing adventures on a grand scale. So glad that all is going well for you during your travels. Que les vayan bien.
Rebecca
Hey you guys! SO much fun looking at your pics and reading the commentaries! What a blessing to have the opportunity to see so many awesome places and meet so many cool people!
I’m sorry we won’t see you next month. But hopefully we will be up at your cabin in August for the big celebration. Something to look forward to!!
Love you! Ildi
Hey Hal & Allison,
How wonderful that you can take this journey. You both look great, no worst for the wear! Thanks for sharing your adventure, best wishes for your life on the path. Drop by if you need some hammock time!
Love from our mountain hideout,
El Valle de Anton, Rep. de Panama
Fred & Cyn
Hey you two,
What an amazing honeymoon!!!!! your photos are wonderful and you both look so happy. Can’t wait to see you and hear about it all first hand. See you soon. All my love Lucille