Author Archives: Roger Haston

February 20th, 2013 Fin Del Mundo (casi) We woke up to a pretty cloudy morning and thought that it was going to turn into a rainy day. We have our morning routine down pretty well now and really enjoy the sleeping ‘til 7:30, coffee ‘til 9:00 routine. The Sprinter Van, who we have yet toContinue reading “Fin Del Mundo (Casi)”

February 19th, 2013 The Effect of Emptiness Before I get to the day’s events, I will make you all suffer some philosophical waxing. If this idea bores you, skip ahead. For the rest of you, and you know who you are, read on. I have always found the desert to be an amazing place. ManyContinue reading “Effects of Emptiness”

February 18th, 2013 Viento Fuerte Thus far the wind has not come up in our conversation despite Patagonia being famous for its winds. This is not to say it has not been there, but it hadn’t made it up to the top of the list of topics yet. Yesterday we packed up after a niceContinue reading “Viento Fuerte”

February 17th, 2013 Paradise Found I will skip to the end of the story first – Camarones was awesome and we had a world-class camp spot. But first I need to make a confession and apologize. When we were in BA at the supermercado getting supplies, the lady checking out our groceries must have usedContinue reading “Paradise Found”

February 16th, 2013 Leaving Las Grutas We woke up this morning after a pretty good night’s sleep. We were both relieved to have found the nice spot in the sand dunes to spend the night. I knew the first few days were going to be the hardest, but I was disappointed that Las Grutas wasContinue reading “Leaving Las Grutas”

February 15th Las Grutas is a pit. We woke up pretty early in our lovely YPF campsite. It actually wasn’t a bad stop over spot, all things considered. It took us awhile to figure out everything in the van, but once we got the hot water heater going and some coffee in our systems, weContinue reading “Passing another truck again?”

February 14th, 2013 We’ve arrived! We had a good flight from Newark to BA. It was great being in business class for that leg. Between the lay flat seats and the Ambien, I got about 6 hours of solid sleep. Cris picked us up at the airport and drove us out to his office. ItContinue reading “Happy Valentines”

February 13th, 2013 T minus 0! We got up early this morning to try and finish up the last of what we had to do before heading out to the airport. It didn’t seem like much and so I was looking forward to a relaxed morning before the journey began. I volunteered to take theContinue reading “Off we Go! Kinda. Ugh. Yeah!”

Susanne and I have been madly packing up all weekend. It really does take a lot of planning to go away for a month…..plus we packed a lot of stuff to enjoy our Sprinter van experience. Camp chairs, blanket, scotch. Ok, so we didn’t pack lightly. The good news on this trip, as compared toContinue reading “T minus 3”

February 7th: About 5 years ago, Susanne was out of town and I was sitting down in the basement with my guitar just randomly strumming some interesting chords. I started to hone in on a sound that seemed to really capture some intense emotions. One night, we had some people over and I started playingContinue reading “T minus 5”