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AFOOT AND LIGHT-HEARTED
EXPLORING HORIZONS WITH BRAD & SHERI
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Nov 216 min read
The wonderful ancient and contemporary Polynesian culture of Rapa Nui
After dropping Zach and Cam at the airport for their flight home, I had a week before I was flying home to reunite with Sheri, see...
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Nov 65 min read
Skiing with Zach and Cam
After picking up Zach and Cam, and taking care of some of the issues with Hank, we headed to Valle Nevado to go skiing. I was so happy to...
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Nov 64 min read
Santiago and Valparaiso
Leaving Argentina, I was excited to be heading to Santiago and meeting Zach and Cam. The original plan was to meet Sheri in Santiago, but...
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Oct 296 min read
Northwest Argentina - High, remote, and beautiful
On August 30th, I crossed back into Argentina heading for the northwestern city of Salta. Salta is a wonderful city with many colonial...
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Sep 191 min read
"Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Oregon anymore."
The Atacama Desert in Chile is the driest nonpolar desert in the world. Only the McMurdy Valley in Antarctica is drier. The average...
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Sep 161 min read
Colorful landscapes and flamingos
In the very southwest corner of Bolivia is the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve, full of beautiful mountains and lakes,...
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Sep 162 min read
Salar de Uyuni
After crossing into Bolivia, I headed to a very bright spot on this Earth: Salar de Uyuni. Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt flat in the...
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Sep 115 min read
The longest border crossing
This border crossing took much longer than any other. Eleven days after my first attempt to cross into Bolivia, after three border posts,...
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Sep 102 min read
Iguazu Falls
After the Pantanal, I had intended on entering Bolivia. But because Bolivia requires visas for American citizens, I was forced to take a...
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Sep 103 min read
The incredible biodiversity of the Pantanal
So, I am way behind on posting on the blog. It's been quite a journey with some highs and lows. In the next few days I will attempt to...
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Aug 206 min read
A very special trip to the Rio Negro
I had the good fortune to take a trip up the Rio Negro in Amazonia with some wonderful folks. Francois (who I met in Cusco) had told me...
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Aug 13 min read
The long drive to Manaus
After talking with my new friend, Francois, about their travels, I decided to head to Manaus to see about a river trip up the Rio Negro...
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Aug 12 min read
Over the Andes and down to the Amazon Basin
After returning to Cusco, I took a couple days to get organized and to figure out where I was going next. I decided to head to Brazil and...
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Jul 223 min read
Going home to the Northwest
Everytime we come home, we are reminded how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful corner of the world. This is Sheri. Brad is busy...
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Jul 181 min read
More friends along the way
A look back at friends we have made since our last visit home.
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Jul 182 min read
The wonderfully vibrant city of Cusco
When we arrived in Cusco, we walked to Plaza de Armas to find something to eat. What we found, besides an excellent restaurant, was a...
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Jul 175 min read
There's a reason Machu Picchu is known as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World
We were not sure that we would be able to visit Machu Picchu since everthing we read and what people told us was that you needed to buy a...
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Jul 164 min read
Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca is a unique place in the world. At 12,500 ft, it is the highest "navigable" lake in the world, which I guess means that...
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Jul 143 min read
The natural and cultural wonders of Colca Canyon
One of the most amazing sights on our travels has been sitting on the edge of Colca Canyon and watching the magnificent Andean condors...
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Jul 142 min read
Arequipa, el Leon del Sur y la Ciudad Blanca
Arequipa is Peru's second largest city and a major cultural, economic, and political center. It is known as the Lion of the South (el...
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