Hi! We are safely back at our hotel in Chile. It was an amazing experience. The antartic is truly the last great frontier in our world. Late last night a plane from our our camp rescued a skier who was skiing solo from the coast of the antartic to the south pole. Mark and I talked to him for hours. He spent 28 days skiing solo to the south pole. He had never skied before. He almost made it but a blizzard set him back and he ran out of food. He made it further than any other solo before. He was from Washington. Mark and I have I taken a lot of pride in our Country during our time down south. We were truly proud of his accomplishment. It is hard to explain, but it meant a lot to us.
Once the plane took off it felt good to know we were headed home, but I have to admit that the contintent touched my heart. It is so pure and rugid. I want to go back...
Mark and I struggled to find a flight that would get us home by Christmas Eve but we missed our last chance by 2 hours. It is tough. My kids, Steven and Chloe, are old enought to hopefully understand that Santa is coming a day late, and, as a result have agreed to set the presents back a day. Mark´s kids, however, are much younger. It has taken a tough toll on him.
I cannot explain in words how much we want to get home NOW... It is really hard being away at this time of the year. We are leaving shortly for the airport and, after 28 hours of travel, we hope to make it home around 3 p.m. on Christmas day... I will enter a final entry upon our safe return....
