My current tenative schedule.
July 20, 2007
Those who have committed are in parenthesis – don’t you want to be there too?
July 26th, 2007: Leave Portland drive to Nicaragua (about 2.5 weeks).
August 13 – September 7th: 4 weeks of language study in Nicaragua.
Middle of September: Drive to Colombia (about 3 weeks) (Jim Graves).
October 1st – October 26th: 4 weeks of language study in Colombia
October 27th – November 10: Travel through Colombia and Equador (Barry Pilip).
November 10th – November 15th: Travel to Cusco.
November 17th – November 24th: Hike the Inka Trail and Cusco (James Hansen, Tracy Winters, Brian Johnson, Reid Martin, Becki Saltzman, Bob Pullum, Denise Sentor).
November 24th – Travel Peru, Northern Chile.
New Years Eve: Vallparaiso, Chile.
1st three weeks of January, 2008: Camping through Patagonia (Darius Rejali).
End of February: Buenos Aires (10 year annual meeting of the Pumps and Prophets Investment Club).
Middle of March – Brazil (visitng Bruce McDonald in Sao Paolo)
April/May – to Paraguay and up into Bolivia…………
July 20, 2007 at 10:27 pm
Fred, good work on the blog. Look forward to following your adventures!
July 21, 2007 at 2:05 am
Fred, have a super trip! We’ll miss you and can’t wait to hear how your trip is going.
July 21, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Bien hecho! Thanks for creating the blog so we can all live vicariously through you for the next year. Pienso que estás haciendo esto apenas para salir de la lluvia
http://www.tranlate.google.com – you might find this page useful! stay healthy and safe
July 21, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Fred,
Best Wishes for a safe and rewarding journey. We’ll be in Santiago and Buenos Aires in mid November…too bad we’re off schedule.
We will watch the Blog for sure. Always watch the cocktails poured!
Cheers!
July 21, 2007 at 5:09 pm
Great Blog Fred! Love the pictures of Earnie. Keep them coming. Look forward to experienceing your trip through the comforts of my home. Although I’ld love to be joining you………..
July 21, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Fred, I am so excited for you. I’m sorry I missed your big going away bash – child with broken arm and dislocated elbow sent me to the hospital. I believe you are doing something so incredible but should expect none the less from you. Have a fabulous adventure. XX00, Judy
July 23, 2007 at 2:05 am
Best wishes for you and Ernie on this life changing adventure! I’ll be along for the ride in spirit. Staying tuned to see where you are for Christmas.
Cheers to the NOW!
Shanny
July 23, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Have a wonderful trip! I can’t wait to hear about it when you get back. I hope and pray that you don’t have to use that international health insurance but I’m glad you’ve got it if you need it.
Bon Voyage!
July 24, 2007 at 1:31 am
mi querido amigo – felicitaciones por su nueva aventura. yo soy tocado y movido en su tan intencional y well planeó la aventura.
mi familia es fluida en el español, y como el abuelo, aprendo sólo. la lengua es el mejor instrumento para mostrar su respeto a otra cultura.
mi viaje en el paraíso (chapala, jalisco, México) comenzó en 2005, y esto sigue cuando el proceso de transformación es un trabajo interior – ah mi.
buena suerte, felicidades, le guardaré en mis rezos
lalo el belovedd el
chapala, jalisco, mexico
510-455-4290
July 24, 2007 at 5:27 pm
We will miss you around here. Take care to avoid the rupture (and also bad eggs).
July 26, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Fred, great to see you off to live your dream. hope you remembered your 2 cd’s for your “audio massage”
July 27, 2007 at 3:39 am
hey fred, i just wanted to wish u a good journey and let uknow im gonna be in buenos aires by nov if i decide not to drive there. in any case im sure i’ll see u there since im gonna stay in argentina until april or may.hasta luego
August 3, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Hi Fred. You are going on an amazing trip and I look forward to hearing about all your adventures. Your blog has been a great idea!
Que lo pases de maravilla!
Beth
August 5, 2007 at 8:34 pm
To hell with where YOU are, Fred, where is the pickle recipe??? I have lost it and the cucumbers are driving me nuts by producing. I can’t believe you made it to Puebla and did not make it to Colonial Oaxaca, my probably favorite place in Mexico. Sounds like you are having a great adventure, but when I saw the mileage on “Ernie” I felt a pang of concern. You are brave.
I had a great time at Nori’s dad’s birthday. How impressive to see that 80-year-old lovely man perform the dance he did in his elegant Japanese outfit. Such strength as he not only has, but displayed. It is hard for this guy of 78 to believe he is so “with” life and living. We missed you, or I did.
I have just been visited by my red-state Kansas nephew and his wife. It was interesting, had moments of real enjoyment, and some wonderful meals (Paley’s and Ringside among others). They saw tourist things and a lot of non-tourist things and seemed interested in all of it an Portland. I hope I carved away of their conservative thought, but who knows? Anyway, two days later I am still resting and recovering for the last three days of activity.
Continue having the adventure you are having. What a guy! Nelson.
February 14, 2009 at 8:48 am
hey fred: so, let’s see, 2007, and now it is 2009…where are you, and what are you doing?
edd, aka lalo en chapala