Okay, so I'm pretty sure I've got all the big issues for this new South America trip taken care of.
-Airline Tickets, check.
-Vehicle Rental Agreement set, check.
-Santiago accomodations, check.
-Travel Insurance Policy, check.
-ATM clearance, check.
-House Sitter, check.
I will still need to visit the bank to get crisp, untorn US dollars, but I've already given them my request and will pick these up next week.
Now, with the current frigid cold snap here in northern Nevada showing scant signs of leaving, I am getting more and more anxious to escape to the late summer weather of northern Chile and Argentina! Take for instance the above photo, taken last February. It is a distance shot of the pueblito of Molinos, a tiny burg of some 500 or so inhabitants on the road between Cafayate and Cachi in southwest Salta Province, NW Argentina. Imagine being bathed in summertime dry desert warmth, but not too hot. To the west, over the foothills of the Andes, cumulus thunder clouds are forming, being a normal, near daily occurrence at this time of year. A gentle breeze blows by and you just want to stop and take it all in. I'd do that in a minute!
Anyway, this post is partially being put up as a "training excercise" since I've grown a bit rusty at doing this traveler's blogging thing - sure, I was posting like mad on the site a year ago, but since I've gotten back, I've let it slide. But hopefully when I have come down for a landing in Santiago three weeks from today, I will be back at it like a regular, and all you folks can vicariously follow along....
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