• Day 161 - Moving along

    October 9, 1974 in Brazil

    (Ursula) Not much significance happened during the last two days and 348 miles.

    We intended to leave early this morning, but Wally had to fix a flat tire from yesterday. It was noon by the time we hit the road again.

    We stopped by a farm and purchased Pineapples, Manjoca, and Brazil Nuts. At the next village, we filled up our fresh water tank. Heinz also found a suitable cardboard box we could fill with sand as a bathroom for the little kitten. Later, Peter noticed we had another flat tire - no joke!

    We found a nice little spot where we could camp for the night on a hill that offered a view of the surrounding rainforest.

    Ute and Ursula cooked Manjoca pea soup with sausages over a campfire. Then we savored fresh pineapple for dessert and chatted until midnight while admiring the stars in the southern sky.
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