January....almost over! Happy Birthday to Mr. L, Karen M and Brandon D!!! I miss you all! This month has been pretty interesting -- I ...

This is to test my skills at photo taking and email blogging. Here is a photo of my wall paraphanalia. It is hot in Iowa today -- 30 de...

I am FINALLY starting to go through some of my pictures from South America/all of 2008!! As I was sorting them out, I noticed I ha...

I have been MUY MAL at blogging lately....the only thing around here to talk about is the cold, which by the way, a quick update of -- toda...

Steering into the skid is something that when you are driving and skidding, your instincts rebel against. You go around a corner and you st...

It is official; hell has frozen over. This morning it was -3 degrees, with a wind chill....feels like -25! Well, Iowa sure is showing us ...

After a long discussion with the United Rep, I made my way to Des Moines, Iowa. Via Omaha. Via Seattle. Via Tobin. Via San Francisco. Via N...

From Columbia, the first stop was in Massachusetts - to meet Mr L's family (all 400 of them...who turned out to be pretty nice *wink, ...

Today I sat in a speedboat coming from Playa Blanca going back to Cartegena and I felt like the lead character in a movie...who is sitting ...

We have finally arrived at our final destination, Cartegena. After walking around the old town area, which is fabulous, we had a fresh juic...

Whew! We just got back from a 6 day hike into the jungles of Columbia, where we crossed the Buritaca River 9 times in seach of the elusive ...

For the first time in about 9 months, we are back in the Northern Hemisphere! We spent one week in Ecuador, ending in Quito and visiting th...

Whew! Well, I must have ate something bad, becuase I was pretty sick for a little while...Luckily, thanks to the F word and Mr L, I was put...

Machu Picchu! We did it! We did a 5 day trek over the Salkanty mountain, which took us to a height of 4600 meters (15,180 ft) into the cold...

Haha, I can actually say that without feeling like I am disrespectful! We are near Lake Titicaca, in Puno, Peru. According to the Peruvians...

The election is in 3 days. Actually it is not an election, it is a referendum. What happens is this... Everyone goes and votes whether they...

Tomorrow is the Dia de Independencia of Bolivia and the flags are flying! They have been practicing their drums and batons for the last cou...

I almost got hit by a car the other day. It is becuase the people here drive like they are the only ones on the road. It is funny sometimes...

Well, we are now in Cochabamba and have been here for about a week. We are settling into our routine...Here it is, for your reading enjoyme...

Today, we are in Potosi, the highest city in the world. It sits at roughly 4100 M (about 13,500 ft) which is only 1000 feet less than Mt. W...