for Monday July 2nd

 Payton with her Best Buddy. Thanks Patti.
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 The Jeanni and Frank family explore the Andes. Jeanni has on running shoes, the rest have boots.

 Inca Trail from google.

Trail map. Our trekkers took a longer version of this. One pass was 13700 ft. That is a long way up to very thin air and then down, then up to 12,500ft..
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Hi Dad
What an adventure.  We thought the hikes would be a bit easier, but we are hanging in there .  When we saw the lodge after a six hour hike we were so happy.  Food has never tasted so good and a shower never felt better.  The first few days I tried to keep everyone organized, but now we are focused on just getting through the hikes.. We are wearing dirty clothes, using each others toothbrushes,  drying off with wet towels, I'm even wearing franks deodorant, since mine disappeared.
Tomorrow will be a challenging hike.  It's around nine hours and the first half is uphill.  There are eight of us plus three guides and a horse that carries water and oxygen.  The other group is from Austria and we try to go faster than them.  So far we have won each hike.

We aren't on the Inca trail.  We are going around it.  It adds an extra 25 miles!
I'll keep you posted when I have Internet service.  Love   Jeanni