In the Bolivian Cloud Forest

by Donna Olmstead
(New Mexico)

My son, Ryan, and I are bouncing along a red muddy road that is rutted by daily deluges of warm rain. The road is about 86 miles South of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, my son's home of a dozen years ... we are headed an additional 10 miles farther along to El Bosque de los Helechos Gigantes, a cloud forest of giant ferns... read our full story here.