Bye, everyone! If I don't get a chance to post tomorrow before we leave, this is it until 16 February (unless my life falls apart and I end up spending my vacation in an Internet cafe).
Everyone do a little Spanish-language dance for me... I've been studying but I'm sure it's as rusty as it can be. Everything is set in motion - I have a million things to do, and then off we go, tomorrow afternoon to Miami, then we arrive in Chile Wednesday morning. From Santiago we lollygag our way down for two weeks, soaking at volcanic hot springs, going hiking in the Andes, sampling the wares at the Central Valley wineries, and hacienda-hopping, until we get to Puerto Montt, where we hop a plane for Punta Arenas and then, Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, in Patagonia, where we spend our third and last week hiking and camping through the park, ogling glaciers and fondling guanacos and rheas.
Check it out: http://www.torresdelpaine.com/ingles/secciones/02/c/galeria.asp#
I haven't been excited until... JUST NOW! Good lord, I guess I'd better start packin'!
See you back at the ranch on 16 February. Y'all be GOOD now, y'hear?
