21 Jan 2011 Punta Arenas Chile

We made it safely to Punta Arenas, Chile. Our friends, Gary & Mel, also made it from LAX to Punta Arenas. Raining here today. Travel to Torres Del Paine tomorrow. Hiking starts on Sunday when sun is predicted.

14 Jan 2011 - Osorno Volcano Chile

From Chile

After basically 3 days of travel we woke up to a wonderful blue sky day and were able to hike. We hiked up about 3000´ towards another volcano and had a great view of Osorno Volcano.

On the 15th, the weather changed, rain and fog. Did not see the volcano today. Unfortunately rain is in the forcast for the rest of our stay in this region.

Still problems in Punta Arenas area where we start our trek of Torres del Paine. http://www.allchile.net/chileforum/topic5375-135.html

09 Jan 2011 - Cold and Snow Day

From 2011-01-09 Snowy Day

Cold and Snow day in Summit County. We were suppose to drive to Steamboat Springs and visit our friends Norman and Sarah Fry from Texas but after looking at the weather we decided against it. Chain laws on Rabbit Ears Pass near Steamboat Springs were in affect around 9AM. Sarah called and said they could not even see the mountain from their condo near a ski lift. Good thing that we did not go as road conditions were pretty poor.

We did walk out to the mail box and I snap a few photos and this video of the Blue River near our house.

01 Jan 2011 - Cold Cold New Years Day

Happy New Years - Today was a very cold day. Image is from the weather station just up the hill from our house. Note the - temp for almost the entire day. Only between 2PM-4PM did the temperature get above zero.