Woke up in the middle of the night and the boat was rocking and rolling. During our passage, the boat charted a course around a small island so that we were back in open seas. I promptly went back to sleep, luckily enough. The patches my doctor gave me have been awesome (although no way to know if I would have gotten sick or not without it – especially in the 2 meter waves we experienced on the passage to and from Cape Horn).
Breakfast buffet, then more reading for me. The window in our cabin is about 4′ wide and 3′ feet high, so I can sit in bed and watch the beautiful scenery and really enjoy the calved hunks of ice (now icebergs) floating by. Reminds me of the final scene in 50 First Dates when Drew Barrymore steps out of her bedroom and sees where she is.
Today’s morning activity was a one hour ride in the Zodiac to view the Piloto and Nena glaciers. Our ship can’t get into the finger-like fjord at which end is the glacier. I am sorry that I will not an enthusiastic adventurer today , because I don’t want to exacerbate my sore muscle. Lance went on the ride and returned grinning from ear to ear! I make do and it’s better than being stuck in a hotel, though, as I have my own National Geographic show right outside my window.
We went on a tour of the engine room. Warmest spot on the boat and all kinds of cool-looking pipes/panels/devices, etc.
A 3:30 briefing on the next adventure. Once again, Lance goes and I stay. Just trying to heal, but not really sure if an outing would exacerbate the problem or not. Once he returned rhapsodizing about how awesome it was, I regretted my decision a bit. However, I did take the time to walk to the top of the boat and take some photos of my own (and could easily see Aguila glacier), and used my “Nicoles” (purchased on her suggestion and have loved using those binoculars) to follow a condor soaring in the sky way above the glacier. And the sun came out for about an hour this afternoon. We were told that overcast, rainy weather is the norm here, but I sure was missing that solar power.
Instructions for departure tomorrow were delivered to the cabin. I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s pre-breakfast visit to Magdalena Island to see 70,000 pairs of Magellanic penguins. Shall I do the penguin dance for them? Time will tell…