Well, yesterday I had a cheerful, upbeat entry about how well our trip from San Pedro, Chile, to Uyuni, Bolivia went. Fortunately, prior to posting, the power went out due to a thunderstorm, erasing my entire entry and forshadowing the rain clouds that were to overshadow our trip today. But enough of that; first, to good news (parents, no skipping ahead, I assure you we are all healthy and never in any real danger). We had a wonderful trip across the surreal desert landscape viewing green and red lakes filled with flamingos, passing oddly shaped rock formations, and seeing white salt all the way to the horizon, which I will now outline in potentially excruciating detail, as just thinking about our past trip has lifted my spirits. Sorry. When last we spoke, our tours were books
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