Random Past Posts
Patagonia 2013: Trekking the “W” at Torres del Paine One of a group of posts from an"autumn" trip to Patagonia. If you just drive around Torres del Paine National Park in far-southern Chile, you'll be very impressed. But "you ain't seen nothin'" unless you've hiked deep into the More...
MS150 2012: Houston to Austin with Team G&B (and MRE) This was my ninth year riding the "MS150," an annual charity bike ride benefitting multiple sclerosis research. It's usually 180 miles (in two days) though a route change this year shortened my ride to just about 165 miles. I've ridden More...
Tikal, Guatemala: A Glimpse of the Americas in 900 A.D. Some big piles of rocks in a Guatemalan jungle may change your thinking about "American" history. In the year 800 or so, Tikal was a city of nearly 100,000 Mayan people, set in the northeast part of what is now More...
Mardis Gras Bands 2012 As I mention in my main Mardis Gras post, some of the best parts of Mardis Gras parades are the New Orleans area high school bands. The best ones are often from the mostly-black high schools. I started trying More...
Patagonia 2013: Local flavors of Chile One of several posts from Patagonia. The first one is here. The best pics are here. The coolest experience was here. More to come. Along the roadsides of southern Chile and Argentina, you'll see smallish "shrines" honoring national folk heroes, More...