How to prepare for a trip to Patagonia: (1) get Leo (from Argentina) to agree to be master chef/jefe de asado; (2) obtain two sheep; (3) watch Leo chase sheep around pasture; (4) humanely dispatch and partly deconstruct said sheep; (4) invite the lab group plus 100 other people over for a party on the last sunny day of Fall; (5) get a whole bunch of people to help out in many ways (thanks, everyone!); (6) cook sheep for four hours; (7) eat!
And now Leo and I really are heading to Patagonia for two weeks, so this is only the beginning…