We crossed into Chile at Futeleufu and started our journey down the legendary Carretera Austral. The Carretera Austral, literally translated as “Southern Highway”, was built during the Pinochet Era to connect to the southern Chilean villages, mostly for military purposes. The Carretera stretches from Puerto Montt south, about 1300 km to Villa O’Higgins. The highway […]
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Day 7 in The Rambling Larder’s Week in Food
So we fancied it up today and actually made a white cheesy sauce to have over pasta! Yeah that’s right we made macaroni and cheese from scratch in our van down by the river (well it wasn’t much of a river, more of a stream, but it was not that far away.). Before I dive […]
Day 5 in The Rambling Larder’s Week in Food
This week, I’ve been getting the feeling that Alex is trying to show me up in the kitchen. When we started, we both decided that we would not try and make this food series anything special, just showing our normal routine food. Well she did it again, this time under the guise of our need […]
Day 3 in The Rambling Larder’s Week in Food
Today was a pretty typical day when it comes to food, but not typical with regard to what we did. Today we visited the famed Perito Moreno Glacier. No one comes to Patagonia without seeing the Perito Moreno Glacier. This glacier is one of many coming off the Southern Ice Field, which is the largest […]
Day 1 of The Rambling Larder’s Week in Food
When we travel, food always seems to be a big part of our journey. On this trip the food and shopping for the food has given us an amazing entry and exposure into the culture. We have been feeling very fortunate that we are able to cook and maintain a larder. We love our fridge so […]
Going South from Mendoza and through the Lakes District
We wanted to back up a little and give you some idea of our route. From Mendoza we headed south on the famous Ruta 40. Ruta 40 runs the length of the country along it’s western border following the toes of the Andes and some pretty remote areas. They are only now getting around to […]
Shipping our Van to Zárate, Argentina
For out usual readers this will be a bit of a different post that what you are used to. It will probably be a little boring, but I wanted to make sure the details of shipping our van from Jacksonville, Florida to Zárate were published online somewhere. Months back while researching how to do this […]
Lola’s Southern Goodbye: Georgia and Florida
We continued to move quickly through South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida to reach our delivery date, Wednesday September 21st, at the Port of Jacksonville. Although the ship would not be leaving until October 4th, we were able to drop her off early so that we could spend a little time in Guatemala being tourists before our language course […]
A quick dash through Idaho
We didn’t spend a ton of time in Idaho, but the time we spent there was pretty quality and definitely has made us want to come back. From Burns we made a run for the Sawtooth National Forest. On the way, we passed through Boise and restocked the larder. Food, fuel, and a few supplies […]
Quick Update: Jackson
We are in Jackson Wyoming enjoying the city life and taking care of business on the interwebs.