Arjona, Bolivar, Colombia
Before I begin this story, I have to explain the heat of Cartagena. We have been to plenty of hot places. We camped and hiked in Death Valley twice. We have been to North Africa and the Sahara, Central America … Continued
An overland journey with six kids and two dogs from Fairbanks, Alaska to Patagonia
Before I begin this story, I have to explain the heat of Cartagena. We have been to plenty of hot places. We camped and hiked in Death Valley twice. We have been to North Africa and the Sahara, Central America … Continued
After 7 nights in Cartagena, Team DeCorso is heading onward. We are up early this morning, 6:45am and Mark has already left to take some bags (Christmas presents!) to the van & camper and await the delivery of the propane. … Continued
Cartagena is a loud, old, and crowded city. Everywhere you go you can hear the music of the land being pumped out of large sound systems that loiter outside the shops and stores. People sell practically any item they can; … Continued
Father is now here. He arrived on Saturday. Most of Saturday and Sunday we spent lounging around the hotel, with brief excursions into the heat. We had shishkabobs for dinner one night. They were really good, and the same guy … Continued
So the family left on Wednesday, December 12th out of Tampa for Coloumbia. I stayed behind to take the dogs. Spirit Airlines doesn’t take dogs internationally, or only takes tiny ones that fit under your seat, or something like that. … Continued
We have a little bakery very close to our hotel and they sell hot bread in the evening stuffed with cheese. We have been eating empanadas which are deep fried and have a thick slice of potato, an egg and … Continued
We woke up early to catch our first of two flights to Cartagena. It was a quick flight, about forty minutes; the only problem was that I was stuck next to a large, awkward man the whole way to Fort … Continued
Ryan I and got up at 6:45 am for day two. This was about an hour later than I wanted to. We got some free coffee (a better start to this day than the day before) and headed back to … Continued
Ryan and I headed out to Miami to ship the van and trailer to Colombia. We left Sunday, Dec. 2nd, so we could get an early start on Monday morning. The hope was we could get everything done quickly and … Continued
Here we are in Florida. It’s warm and tropical, thought it’s a bit cooler than usual, since it’s fall/winter. The pool is chilly, about sixty five degrees, kind of chilly for swimming, but we’re Alaskan! Grandma, Grandpa, Jack and I … Continued