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Newfoundland – Part I

July 9, 2019 – July 20, 2019

The ferry arrived to the island of Newfoundland just as the sun was rising. It had been a long night, neither of us really sleeping much on the ferry despite the ample leg room and comfortable, semi-reclining chairs. We had originally thought that we would get a campsite close to the ferry for the day and then head the next morning to Stephenville in order to take Piper to the vet, but as we drove off the ferry, Derek said he felt pretty good, so we drove the 165 km to Stephenville.

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Gold, a Lake, Some Hummingbirds and a Very Tall Waterfall

August 9, 2018 – August 12, 2018

We drove south along the sandy desert of the northern Peru coast.  It was desolate, dreary and depressing.  The small towns we drove through were littered with garbage, as was the countryside.  We saw people hanging their wet laundry outside of their adobe brick homes, just meters from the highway, and wondered how it could ever be clean when it was dry, because of all the dust in the air.

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