familiar pillow travel

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until they come home and rest their head on their old, familiar pillow. Lin Yutang

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Rime ice. Mount Bachelor.

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Idaho ski.

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Ponderosa pine in winter

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Icy morning by the river.

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The sun broke through just long enough.  Final peak on "W" hike.

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Los Glaciares National Park was my favorite place - fewer people, lush flowers and shrubs, remote glaciers, unusual birds.  

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Swinging bridge. #patagonia #torresdelpaine #chile (at torres del Paine National Park, Chile)

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The middle of the "w" hike, the French Valley. #patagonia #torres del Paine #chile #french valley (at torres del Paine National Park, Chile)

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Gray Glacier makes it's own thunder. #patagonia #torres del Paine #chile (at Gray Glacier, Torres del Paine, Chile)

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No flat ground. No problem. #torres del Paine #chile #patagonia (at torres del Paine National Park, Chile)

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The second trek of our trip took us to Torres del Paine National Park in Chile.  Bus from El Chalten to Puerto Natales, get more supplies, bus to the park, catamaran to beginning of the trek on the west side of the park.  This map is a close approximation of our days there.  We had wonderful weather, except for one afternoon and night of rain.  Amazing!

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A recap of the first trek we completed in Patagonia helps put this in perspective now that we are home and have better internet access.  After flying from Boise, Idaho to Buenos Aires and then to El Calafate, we took a bus to El Chalten.  You can just pack up your backpack in your hotel room there and take off hiking!  Four days of hiking here.   

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Street art in the barrio. #streetart #grafitti #santelmo #buenosaires (at San Telmo, Buenos Aires)

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Buenos Aires street art in the San Telmo barrio. #graffiti #streetart #santelmo #buenosaires (at Chile street, San Telmo, Buenos Aires)

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Antique medicine bottles. San Telmo Market. (at San Telmo, Buenos Aires)

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Callé Perú street art. (at San Telmo, Buenos Aires)

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Antique soda bottles. (at Cafe Poesía)