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The United States of America!!
Before we left, I told the kids that when we returned they would literally want to kiss the ground in the wonderful USA. They were skeptical then — but not any more. We are back in the land of drinkable water, clean streets, traffic laws, and unending almost unimaginable choices – so many kinds of… Continue reading The United States of America!!
The New York Roller Coaster — Annabelle
While we were in Las Vegas, I really, really wanted to ride on the New York, New York Roller Coaster. I wanted to ride it because it looked really awesome and fun. The roller coaster went up 203 feet and then dropped you down 144 feet. They said it took 15 minutes to ride it… Continue reading The New York Roller Coaster — Annabelle
Catching up
Now that we are back in the wonderful United States of America and are reunited with a new camper, we have some time to post some photos from the Amazon. As you may remember, at one point we were traveling between the river and a jungle lake on the back of a motorcycle with all… Continue reading Catching up
Rodeo — Annabelle
We left Las Vegas. We were headed to Sisters, Oregon to watch a rodeo. Mom told me rodeos were really fun. We drove through Nevada, California and then we got to Oregon. In California, we went to Nevada City and we went to visit Aunt Marian! Aunt Marian lives in a little camp. It has… Continue reading Rodeo — Annabelle
Quick Update!
On May 20, we returned from the Amazon. On May 22, left South America. Team 1 (Ryan & Mark + dogs) flew to Los Angeles where the blue van was sitting in a container inn the Port of Los Angeles. Team 2 (Michelle, Jack, Jennah, Mac, Annabelle and Sylvia) flew to Dallas. Team 2 had… Continue reading Quick Update!
The Amazon Part One — Annabelle
Living in Lima was pretty fun. We lived in Lima for three weeks. We did not have any big grocery stores, just tiny stores on the side of the street that sold candy bars, chips, vegetables, fruit, bread, water and sometimes things like black pepper. My brother and I bought glass bottles of soda that… Continue reading The Amazon Part One — Annabelle
Amazon — Sylvia
So we are leaving Lima and we are in the back of a taxi. We were crunched in the way back. I was scrunched into a little ball. Then we got into the airport and got onto a plane and took a moto to a taxi for like three hours and a half and went… Continue reading Amazon — Sylvia
Short video – Amazon Lake
Hey! Now you can watch a video of floating in a log canoe on an Amazon lake. Its not too exciting but there are so many birds! Mostly I am impressed we figured out how to embed a video. Floating on an Amazon lake
Amazon Adventure!
** We have better photos, these are all from my phone but the camera is in Los Angeles and I am in Dallas so these will have to do. Team DeCorso was serious about an Amazon adventure. However, we neglected to seriously organize it employing a more Buddhist approach of living in the present moment, which seems… Continue reading Amazon Adventure!