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The Galapagos Islands Day 7 - May 26, 2017

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Early morning in the Galapagos. Looking around us we saw a number of different boats, including a glimpse of what life in the past was like. I thought she was bringing me a cup of coffee. Guess I was wrong. But seeing that smile made it all okay. Lucky Bob. Another smile that makes the day brighter. His food was really, really good. Ready for another shore excursion. Visit to a recent lava flow. Having fun. Having fun in the lava, Linda style. Lava heating pad. Everyone does it differently. Must be a wet landing coming up. Underwater photos courtesy of Linda. Bob using his video camera. Panamic Cushion Star and Chocolate Chip Star photos courtesy of Linda,  with a bit of post processing by Bob. Linda keeps this up and I may have to give her my new camera and let her take all the photos. Rice coming up for lunch. How to make wonderful seafood ceviche. Linda was at it again. I real...

The Galapagos Islands Day 6 - May 25, 2017

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Shore shoe storage. Wonder what would happen if I suggested to Linda that she should make our fruit plates look like this at home. Why do I suspect the knife would be used to carve something other than the fruit? As you can see, our travels have been restricted to the western and northern islands. That leaves the southern and eastern islands for another trip. How can one ever tire of looking at these guys? One you’ve seen your first booby, you want to see more. A bit of explanation about the clip below. It is 33 seconds long. Normally I heavily edit the original before posting, cutting it down, altering the audio, etc. This is raw footage from beginning to end. Enjoy. We could see them out in front of the panga. When I shot an underwater video this is what showed up. First shark sighting of the day. We were doing the same thing in our panga. We took over 1100 photos between the two of us today. A number of the water shots bore a resemblance to this on...