Author: retirementadventureblog

60! year young retiree after a 36 year career in science, married to Dr Greg (PhD Dr, but Dr nevertheless). Geri and Greg moved to the wilds of the Adirondacks to start their new life.

The Project That Never Ends

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It just goes on and on my friends.  I ‘sing’ of house building, or, home ownership responsibilities in general. It’s been over a year since I last posted on the progress Dan and Anna have made on their house construction project (see blog post “House, and now, Home” https://wordpress.com/post/retirementadventureblog.com/3387 ). They have continued working weekends and… Continue reading The Project That Never Ends

Roadtrip! A Weekend in Buffalo (with Beer, of course!)

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We recently spent a lovely weekend as tourists in my home city of Buffalo with our friends Steven and Andrea. The weather was unusually warm this particular December weekend which eliminated any anxiety about reliving the previous Christmas blizzard driving experience. Here was our itinerary: We departed the Adirondacks mid-day Thursday. Typically it takes 6 hours or so… Continue reading Roadtrip! A Weekend in Buffalo (with Beer, of course!)

Winding Down in Bariloche and Mendoza

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After our indulgent tour of glaciers we spent a day travelling north to Bariloche, 1.5 hours by plane.  This mountainside ski town overlooks beautiful lake Nahuel Huapi  and has extreme Swiss/German influence.  Indeed, a few Nazis were found here and returned for war crime trials.  Apparently Juan Peron was a friend of Hitler.  Anyway, the… Continue reading Winding Down in Bariloche and Mendoza

El Chalten and El Calafate

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Let me be clear: I am not a hiker.  I am a 64 year old roly poly woman of Polish heritage with short legs.  I breathe heavily and walk slowly.  Greg’s the hiker, I am a walker.  I’ll walk 18 holes of golf.  I’ll far outpace Greg on a flat sidewalk shopping in a city… Continue reading El Chalten and El Calafate

The ‘W’, a Patagonian Hiking Adventure

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Day -1.  We had a meet up with our guide, Baru, at the Chile Nativo travel office in Puerto Natales.  A smallish man with rangy black hair and an impish smile, it seemed as if Baru was measuring us up as much as we did him.  Distances and elevation didn’t seem so far on the… Continue reading The ‘W’, a Patagonian Hiking Adventure

Fin del Mundo

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We probably overstayed at Ushuaia waiting to disembark on our adventure cruise.  We revisited the prison/maritime/art museum in the morning after checking out of the hotel and taking our bags to the port.  Nothing new was learned although we saw some nice water color paintings beautifully presented in the tiny prison cells, now painted white… Continue reading Fin del Mundo

Back in BA!

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Hola amigos! We’re going back to Buenos Aires and taking our trip to Patagonia!  This trip has been rescheduled twice since we returned on Mar. 13, 2020 when the world shut down but finally we are on our way.  (See post https://retirementadventureblog.wordpress.com/2020/03/14/buenos-aires-the-end/).  Our plan is to see a bit more of BA then continue further… Continue reading Back in BA!