Bective Abbey, Ireland

Grandson Chad and Yours Truly

When I was in Ireland earlier this year, Bective Abbey Excavations put me on their blog. Seems only polite to return the favor!

Antarctica and Chile

Hard as this may be to believe, I sometimes find that I really 

want to leave this regal home and office 

and sail away to the South Pacific.

So I traveled along the west coast of Chile to Antarctica. 

Leaving JFK in 20-degree weather, I arrived at Santiago to find temps over 100 F.

Saw my first full-size unicorn.
Chile's national stone is lapis lazuli.

Chile's beautiful interior.

Still dreaming of the South Pacific?

In the LeMaire Passage

            

Floating in the tops of the Andes.

So here I am in beautiful South -- uhm --Arizona!