Kick Off baby!

Howdy folks, welcome to our new blog. We (Melanie and I) will be posting here during our upcoming travels to South America. We are a bit overwhelmed right now, leaving in 3 days! We just moved into our cozy new house in Cotati. We are living with our good friends Sabin, Xochitl (pronounced "so-chee"), and their 6 month old baby Yona. It's been a challenging move, and we couldn't have done it without the help from massive friendpower, and my Dad for storing most of our junk at his place in C-Dale. We can try to finalize the the things on our many "to-do" lists, hopefully we can get it done in the next three days.

We're starting off the first month in Chile. We arrive in Santiago and stay for just a few days before flying to the Atacama desert in the far north. There we have a reservation with a local french astronomer who will give us a guided tour of the stars close to the new moon. After that we fly to the opposite end of the country (kinda crazy distance wise), to Punta Arenas. There we are meeting up with our friends Brandon and Annie and checking out Patagonia for a week. After that some days in their wine country, and hopefully a good amount of beach time.

Much love going out to all of you, we hope t hear from you on our travels.

T&M