Aztecs, Andes and Armadillos

In 1980 escaping city life, Red Baxter joined an expedition by truck covering Latin America from California down to Cape Horn, and back up to the carnival at Rio.  We met with harsh climates, heat, cold, and dust; also corrupt authorities, assaults, and maladies.  The upside was forming enduring friendships, and enjoying remote locations, ruins, extreme peaks, deserts and lakes, glaciers, forests, and learning about the different local cultures.  Best of all was the wildlife and t