The Trip

In April of 2009, my wife Bobbie and I did a road trip across Patagonia in a pickup truck camper; driving down the Andes on Argentina’s western highway Ruta 40, coming back east along the Straits of Magellan in Chile, and then back up Argentina’s Atlantic Coast highway Ruta 3. We camped along the way in national parks, municipal campgrounds, truck stops, and many times just alongside the road; and we stopped at every place possible, both famous and not. You can see our route of travel here.

This travel blog is a daily journal of the trip, along with a few pictures (see http://parkenbi.zenfolio.com/patagonia for more photos). The "Last Entry" below is the trip summary, but our journey actually began at a train station in Florida so you'll want to start there ... go to "We're Off".

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

We're Off

Patagonia’s Fitz Roy Mountains

On April 1, 2009; Bobbie and I are flying to Buenos Aires and then traveling to southern Argentina and Chile to see Patagonia!

The guide books for Patagonia use words like “endless plains”, “raw, rugged mountains”, “spectacular but desolate”, and “not all roads are paved”. Sounds great … let’s go!

Just getting there will be an adventure, as we’re renting a camper pickup-truck in Buenos Aires for the drive down to Patagonia, equivalent to the distance from Miami to Denver (Map). Much of this trip will be on Ruta Nacional 40 (National Route 40), a journey similar in spirit to the legendary US Route 66. The weather will not feel like home, as it will be fall in Argentina and the Patagonian area of the South American continent is as far south as Calgary is north. We’ll be gone a month, and I’m going to try to update this travel blog when possible -- I’ll figure out a way to advise you when I’ve been able to make an entry.

The trip starts for us the day before at the train station in Sebring; and, well … it’s the day before, so we're off!
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