Second Full Day at Sea

Today’s a chill day, getting ready for the exciting adventures ahead. After staying up late to watch the nail-biting end of the Chiefs vs Bills game, I woke up early to hit the treadmill. It’s been four months since I last ran, and I loved it! After that, I spent a couple of hours redoing my journal (if you’re reading this, my previous notices through the journal, email, Facebook, or DM worked). I then had a late breakfast, but unfortunately, the hot tubbing on deck 9 was postponed because it’s still raining.

After checking out the maps and radar at the Bow Lounge, we headed to the Club to join in on the Team Trivia. We were a new team, as apparently this event happens throughout the trip. A lovely couple from Australia joined us at first, and when we asked for our team name, we chose Down Under and On Top. Then John and Brad from New York/New Jersey (who were also virgin trivia players) joined us. They were stuck with the name! Not saying we were bad, but…

We had lunch in the Colonnade with our teammates. It was great to meet new people and have some laughs. We discovered that we’re all dog lovers. I also learned that I need to watch “Conversation with Photographer John,” taped yesterday, with lots of iPhone photography tips. Lindsay and I have to bring any previously worn gear we’ll be wearing on the continent tomorrow to have it environmentally approved (The expedition team looked everywhere for seeds, manure, or other foreign objects that could be harmful as non-native to Antarctica.)

Lindsay went to the “Newbie” cocktail reception for first timers on Seabourn, while I ordered a charcuterie to the room. At 6:30 we all be called to the Discovery Centre to get the outline of tomorrow shore excursion. We are landing on Deception Island after passing through Neptune’s Bellows. Our first shore excursion is at Telefon Bay for either a 0.6 or 4.7 km hike. Not much wildlife on this landing, mostly going for incredible geological formation. Back to ship to reposition and then do shore landing at Whaler’s Bay for a short switch back walk to Neptune’s Window, a lookout over the whole area. Really, excited!!Leggi altro