Back in the USA
I knew I would be in trouble when, on our last day walking around Buenos Aires in 65 degree F weather I needed my sweater. In my defense there was a slight windchill and I was in the shade. Now back in Western New York I feel like the abominable snowman with all my layers. I’m finding I need to budget more time into my day for the hassle of putting all these layers on, taking them off again and tying shoes! What is this business and time consuming process of tying shoes? What a luxury to simply slip on sandals.
Now, don’t get me wrong. We had some pretty cold times on this South American adventure and in fact, the majority of this trip we have been in pants and a long sleeve top layer. Futaleufu, Puerto Natales, Cusco were all cold and it was really chilly in the end of the world at Ushuaia. We had to buy another sleeping bag and I wore every layer I had to bed. (Which camping tip: if you think you are going to sleep cold, put your rain clothes on and pull the hood up. I slept warm all night bundled up like that.)
Frosty nights aside, in terms of weather the trip could not have been any better. We started off warm in Lima, Peru, got cold in Cusco, enjoyed shorts again for New Years in Iquique and wore pants and fleeces for most of the trip till the very end. But now it all means nothing – no one can see my tanned arms and we are back to freezing. I know, I know, almost everyone in the Northeast of New England, United States had one of the harshest, coldest winters on record. I’m not complaining, I’m just wearing a lot of clothes now.
If your one of the lucky ones that was able to escape some of this bone chilling North American winter, good on you. If you are looking for somewhere warm to go you can always come next winter to South America or head down under and check out this article I wrote about Australia – one of my ultimate favorite destinations to visit. I can’t believe almost two years has passed since living in Australia and I still love writing about that country so much. And also just like two years passed so quickly, these four months of travel have flown by and I find myself back in North America and soon back to Vermont.
As my body hopefully readjusts to this temperature, I am looking forward to sorting through over a 100 gigs of photos and video we took on this trip. I plan to fire up my Breville Barista 870XL and pull some late nights and early mornings to see all these amazing places we have been so fortunate to visit. In the meantime, adios to all the wonderful people we met in South America, and for those of us now in North America, let’s hope spring comes early!
As Pat Coynroy said, “Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends… The mind can never break off from the journey.” Indeed that is true. A big, big cheers and thanks for all of you who have followed along on this amazing journey, commented, enjoyed, shared our pictures and sent us private messages. We have read each and every one and sincerely thank you for your support. For us, the journey never stops, we simply transition to whatever is the next stage of life for us. Thank you so much for coming along.
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Wonderful to hear you’ve made it back safely to the USA! I always thought that a South American summer would be MUCH warmer.
Yes, it was a great trip! In those mountains and as we moved further south in elevation, those temperatures kept dropping. But thankfully it really hasn’t been that cold since we’ve been back. 🙂
So glad you made it back here safe and sound. It was one long cold winter here and we still are not out of the woods. Hopefully you brought the nice weather back with you!
I hope we brought the nice weather back with us too! So far it’s not been too bad.
I am very happy that you’ve returned home but I will miss your posts of South America. I enjoyed them very much. Thank you.
Oh don’t worry, we have so many more post to come from South America. We are just now looking through our videos and all our Nikon pics. There will be more to come! 🙂
Welcome home. Once again I can’t wait to see what happens next.
Thanks! We can’t wait to see what happens next either! We have so many ideas we are so anxious to execute. Now it’s just a matter of getting through one thing at a time on the list to put it all out there. Stay tuned! 🙂
The picture were you two are jumping for joy is how we reacted when you came home!!:)
Well, if we didn’t come home with twenty kilos worth of gear and forgotten cookies, we would have been jumping too. 🙂