Lots of Amazing Places

                 The Groto; Bruce Peninsula National Park of Canada Hi, and thanks for checking out this blog!  It is supposed to be mainly a photo blog, showing beautiful places that I've visited in North America.  If you've landed here hoping for pictures and a bit of my back story, well, then stick around; that's what this post is all about.  I'll tell you a little bit about me, something about my travels and travel plans, a bit about the rig and gear I use to travel with, and a few of the things I've learned about solo adventure travel.  It should help you figure out how to use the rest of this blog as well.   So, I'm a single retired guy who spends 8 to 9 months per year living out of my van, traveling mostly in Canada and the USA where I go to amazing places and do fun stuff while I'm there.  Amazing places to me mostly involve nature: Rivers and lakes, waterfalls, rocks, trees, mou...

South American Highlights:  2025 A spectacular month in Argentina,  Brazil, and Chile!  This trip fulfilled a long time dream to hike in some of the best National Parks in Patagonia.  The parks were fabulous, the hikes were challenging but sooo worth the effort, my hiking companions were like family, and  the scenery defied description!  Since I was in the neighborhood, I added a few urban adventures in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janiero, and Montevideo and explored two additional National Parks in Argentina and Brazil The adventure began in Buenos Aires, where I met up with eight other hikers who signed up to explore three Patagonian National Parks on foot!  We all joined the "End of the Earth" hiking tour organized by G Adventures, and we had a blast!  Here's the map that shows the basic travel plan, from Buenos Aires to El Calafate and Los Glacieres National Park in Argentina to Puerto Natales and the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile to Ushuai...