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Floralis Generalis, a sculpture by Eduardo Catalano in Buenas Aires. We're about halfway through our trip to Argentina, and it's been absolutely incredible. I was hoping to have posted more frequently, but internet access has been sporadic at best. A tower in La Recoleta Cemetery. I'll keep the post fairly brief but I'm including quite a number of photos to give an idea of what we've seen so far. This trip is a celebration of my father's 70th birthday, and needless to say, he's set a pretty high standard for birthday parties. Along with Julia and myself, the trip consists of a number of my parents' friends from various points throughout their lives. Truly a wonderful conglomeration of people. Part 1 - Buenas Aires Julia and I arrived a day after my parents in Buenas Aires. We stayed at a nice hotel called Hotel Casasur . On the first afternoon, Julia and I went to La Recoleta , which is a beautiful cemetery with individual mausoleum...

Still willing to get out there at seventy! You look great, dad! This photo was taken last March at Big Sky, MT. As I continually come to grips with the fact that I'm getting older, things hurt, hair has migrated, bills are due, I need look no further than to my father for guidance on how to age gracefully. No, he cannot run a sub 6:30 mile for thirteen miles anymore, but he's still out there most days putting miles in on the beach. (Albeit with a starbucks coffee and iphone at a leisurely pace!) Maybe he's not doing a residency as a physician while enrolled full-time in law school, but he's writing books, seeing patients and pursuing a number of goals in brain research. He hasn't slowed down, at least in the things that really matter. Dad even helped model for my snowshoeing book. At seventy years old, my father is always thinking and always has new ideas. From his quirky habits, such as never wearing matching socks and putting his neoprene knee braces on...