The Perfect Day

Lat: 6407.98837000 S
Lon: 06057.58893392 W

After the monumental day of yesterday, standing on the Ice Continent for
the first time, I thought today would initially be a letdown. However, it was
anything BUT a letdown. We had two Zodiac excursions and a landing at
Trinity Island, more specifically at Mlkkelsen Harbour. The weather
yesterday with howling winds, blizzard like conditions at times, and totally
unpredictable, was the complete opposite today. Barely a cloud in the sky,
the seas were as calm as glass, and the outside temp. was probably 45
degrees F.! So amazing that we had a BBQ on the Stern, a Barbie on the
Grill in Antarctica!! After taking in Curtiss Bay, Trinity Island with
Mlkkelsen Harbour and finally Cierva Cove, the following were some of the
highlights: Humpback Whales breaching the surface and fluking(tail going
straight down)50 ft. from me; feisty Leopard Seals sunbathing on icebergs;
Weddell Seals taking a nap on Trinity; Chinstrap and Gentoo Penguins bounding through the placid seas; a huge rookery of Gentoo Penguins and their chicks; tabular
icebergs in all shades of blue and White; sunbathing on deck and chillin' on
Trinity while taking it all in, and having the most perfect idyllic day
anyone can ask for - Especially here in Antarctica! Tomorrow is our last
full day on the Continent before we head back to Ushuaia through the dreaded
Drake Passage :-0. I don't want that to kill my buzz. More on that for
another day.

Note: There is a rogue photo of me hula hooping on deck. Pay it no never
mind.