The Shumates in Argentina : Buenos Aires

After spending time in Northern Argentina, we returned to Buenos Aires to explore the city often considered the Paris of South America. While this title illustrates a portion of the city’s charm, it fails to capture the unique culture and personality that are easy to fall in love with and hard to forget.

We visited the house of Travis’ all-time favorite singer, Carlos Gardel, and visited the sacred grounds of La Bombonera, the stadium of football giants Boca Juniors. We wandered through the historic neighborhood of San Telmo and the chic barrio of Palermo.

We were inspired as we walked through El Caminito and La Boca, marveling at the beautiful colors in the port neighborhood. Our favorite area was the beautiful Recoleta, with gorgeous Mansard roofs, classic cafes and friendly porteños. We adored our time in Argentina, and we look forward to returning in the near future.
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Travis’ close friend, Pato, and his new wife, Micaela, visited us from Bahía Blanca.
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The Shumates in Argentina : Salta and Jujuy

Check back later this week for Part Two: Buenos Aires.

Travis: I lived in northern Argentina from 2003 through 2005 while serving a mission for our church. While living, working and serving there, I fell in love with the culture and the people. I have always longed to return. Fortunately enough, Jaquilyn shared this dream. We’ve wanted to return for years, and like so many dreams, there were always things that got in the way. Earlier this year, we finally made the decision that nothing would get in our way, and we immediately booked tickets.

We knew we couldn’t go without Lucia. It would have been hard to be without her, and we firmly believe that adventures bring families together. We knew we had to do it simply — backpacks, a stroller and our cameras. Nothing else. Our approach was to experience the culture as a family, not tourists. We stayed in apartments and hotels that had a homelike feeling. We established a few goals of what we wanted to see and do, but left our schedule open and flexible for change.

After traveling a full day, we arrived in Buenos Aires. We ate some empanadas and alfajores (gluten free for Jaquilyn) and went to bed. Early the next day we traveled north to Salta, my favorite city in the world. We spent a few wonderful days in Salta and Purmamarca, Jujuy, before returning to Buenos Aires. We ate lots of beef, met up with several friends, hiked, explored and photographed the area. Salta is known for its beauty (Salta la Linda), colonial architecture, indigenous culture and picturesque location at the foot of the Andes. Its people are friendly and warm, hospitable and engaging. Jaquilyn and Lucia fell in love with the city that I adore, and we look forward to our return.
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Jaquilyn: The greatest orange juice of my life.
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This kind señora blessed Lucia.
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Travis: My good friend, Marito, and his lovely wife Marina.
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Travis: My new friends, Eduardo and Luisina, visiting from Buenos Aires. We bonded over our shared love of Boca Juniors (La Mitad Más Uno!)
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We introduced our iPad to Lucia for the first time on our trip — specifically for times when it would help prevent a meltdown (like a two hour car ride without a carseat, an extremely rare commodity in South America.)
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Spring : Tacoma

Living in the Northwest has its pros and cons. We’re now in our second week of April, struggling to feel hopeful of a spring that should be here by now. It seems like we get a few beautiful warm days and then we’re hit with rain and sleet. I recently went for a walk in our neighborhood wearing my most springy dress in the closet. It was biting cold, but I did indeed find some proof that it’s here and will only get better.
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Recent Film

Although we love the versatility that digital photography offers, there is something special that we love about film. From loading the camera and winding the roll to hearing the shutter and waiting for the results, there is something exciting and somewhat primitive about film photography. Plus it reminds us both of how we were both introduced to photography — by shooting 1970s-era Canon SLRs, craving the light and color and how it was interpreted through our frames.
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Fujicolor Pro 400h on Canon AE-1 and Expired Fujicolor Professional 160 NPL on a modified Holga.



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