http://blogs.bootsnall.com/luke Life on The Great Southern Continent (and points beyond) Sun, 04 May 2008 19:39:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Italy. Friends and family keep asking about my blog and why I haven’t posted lately so here is a brief explanation.  We had an immensely busy Antarctic season during which we had very poor communications. After we finished the ITASE Traverse to South Pole Luci and I packed up all ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/luke/end-of-antarctic-season-and-travels.html We finally rolled into South Pole Station at about 09:30 on Christmas Eve; just in time for Christmas dinner. The whole expedition went quite smoothly.  Luci and I have been here all week parked out back packing up the all the equipment to ship back to McMurdo.  I just realized that ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/luke/itase-arrives-at-south-pole.html Here we are back in our second home, Antarctica. We are about to get underway after a laborious "put-in". We will be driving to the South Pole with the International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition. We have the same sub-par internet connection via satellite we had at Siple Dome but due to ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/luke/itase.html I began heading back north after a beautiful afternoon of sailing out of Gloucester Point, Virginia with Sasha.  Perfect winds, perfect seas. I had planned to make the long haul to Philly but couldn’t get in touch with my friend there.  Good thing because I was waylaid with bike troubles.  ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/luke/whole-way-home.html Here I am at the southern most extent of my short trip down the east coast. I have made many modifications to my original travel plan. Have a look at my Halfway Home Updated Map to see where I have been and my proposed route home. When I left my brothers' in ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/luke/halfway-home.html Back in the US. Planning to take another Moto trip starting next week. Here is a rough sketch of the plan. Appalachia Motorcycle Trip If you live on or near my projected route (or know someone who does) and would like to host me for the night, drop me a comment. http://blogs.bootsnall.com/luke/home-and-away.html Finally the Antarctica Blog is back in action from a four-month vacation. So much has happened in these four months since we got back to Italy. This year’s Italian chapter started with a lot of employment drama followed by sporting drama and has ended with an exclamation point of ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/luke/drama.html Hard to believe that it has been since Luang Prabang that I wrote last. I kept telling everyone I was going to write when I got back to Italy.  As soon as I got back I got a job working at a friend's custom motorcycle shop.  When I wasn't working ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/luke/round-and-around.html We are approaching the end of our stay here at this World Heritage Site.  We have been relaxing from some long days on the road from the Laos capital of Vientiane.  This is a beautiful place with more temples per square meter than any place I have ever been to.  I guess ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/luke/luang-prabang.html We have traveled many miles since I last wrote. I tried writing from Japan but luci got impatient with me as usual. I got some pictures edited but I didn't manage to get them posted. I'll get them up later. I also came up against a ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/luke/same-same-only-different.html