Welcome!

Welcome to Patagonia! Plus...  This is a blog created for Donna and Ben so they can share photos and tales of their fabulous trip to Patagonia.  Traveling with Andes Adventures from February 5-21, 2010, they are about to have the adventure of a lifetime.  Not many of us will ever go to Patagonia, but we can travel along with D&B as they pioneer the way.  Here they can share their discoveries as they travel, or describe them after their return.  Either way, they will have a place to savor their adventure in the future, for this space is set aside for their "recuerdos de un viaje fabulóso".  Enjoy!

How It Works

You may wonder how to manage this blog - either as a writer or a reader, it may be counter-intuitive!  So, I'll give a few hints.

• Most blogs are written counter-chronologically (is there such a word?), with the most recent posting at the top.  For a travel blog, this works if you write every day, but not all of us can do that!  Also, when reading the blog, it makes it harder to get a good sense of what happens when, and, as we know, the order of things is important!  Furthermore, when printing the postings, first things should come first!  SO - this blog is a little bit different: a description of the days-of-travel will be posted in chronological order.
• I am setting up this blog for Donna and Ben, so I want to make it easy for them to use!  This blog presents the description of each day of travel given on the tour coumpany's website.  That will make it easy for Donna and/or Ben to make "comments" to each day's posting - the brochure's blurb will remind them of what "should" have happened, and entice them to respond with what actually DID happen!  Also, it will give the rest of us an idea of "Where in the World are D and B?!!  If nothing else, it will allow us to travel along with them, and to "virtually" follow their footsteps.
• I will send D&B an email that "invites" them to "join" this blog.  To do so, they will need to create a Google account.  Using any email address, simply create a user name ("Donna" and "Ben" come to mind), and choose a password (write it down and/or just remember it!).  I think that's all there is to it, but I could be wrong.  If so, just email Martha, or call my cell.  Blogger has lots of helpful tools, as well as a Getting Started Guide, and YouTube has several videos that may help.  As a "member" of the blog, you can create individual postings, and add photos to the blog. You can even post to the blog simply by sending an email!
• OR, if joining the blog seems too challenging for now - just post comments to each day's description!  Either as you travel, or when you return, this blog is for YOU!  Use it, or not, as you wish.   
• These "instructions" are detailed online so that anyone who understands this process can help Donna and Ben get up to speed with it.  As a precaution, this blog will NOT be listed publicly unless Donna and Ben wish it to be so.  That means, the only way others will see it is to send them a link.

For now, I will administer this blog, and am available to help in any way.  This is my gift to Donna and Ben, and with it comes a big wish that you have a "Buen Viaje" to Patagonia!