So much history yesterday afternoon and today. As we sailed towards Punta Arenas, we were bid farewell by the shipwreck of Santa Lenor, that was wrecked in March 1968 on Isabel Islands, in the Smyth Channel where her partially submerged wreck remains. After much investigation, it was concluded that the accident was caused…
Today is our second sea day on our nearly 1,000 mile sail down to Punta Arenas. Last night’s 8 foot seas caused the ship to creak just like movies of a haunted ship. No one seemed concerned so we pretended to ignore the noise. We were delighted to see that the Captain left the Pacific…
We awoke at 6:20 this morning with the ship rolling from one side to another; the captain had said we would begin rolling around 6:30 and he was right! We awoke to 5’ seas as we left the fjords for the open sea. The seas increased from 6 to 8 feet by noon. We sure…
The past two days we spent in Puerto Montt and Castro, both in the southern part of Chile. The areas were first inhabited by German immigrants who received a large parcel of land and a cow in exchange for settling in southern Chile. The area maintains it German heritage to some extent. We used these…
The past 24 hours have been quite busy. We left the hotel in Santiago Sunday morning at 10:15 for the two-hour ride to San Antonio, where we boarded the Seabourn Quest. When initially planning our cruise, we had debated if we wanted to pay for the airport pickup, the recommended hotel, and the transport to…
Our journey began with flights from Phoenix to Houston (2 ½ hours) and from Houston to Santiago (9 ½) on United. Wonderfully boring and uneventful flights; the kind we all want. Margo, who swears she can sleep anytime, anyplace, proved that was possible once again as she was able to sleep on the flight from…
We invite you to journey along with us through this blog as we travel to Antarctica via Patagonia, Chile, and Argentina. We are not the fearless warriors who are going to brave the elements of the Great White Continent. No, we are going to travel in style on a Seabourn Quest cruise. We are 4…
Mark and I are excitedly preparing for our upcoming journey to Antarctica and Patagonia. We are preparing the blog to share the journey with our friends and family.
We can’t resist a few final comments. Whether you ride a motorcycle, come in a motorhome, or just fly to Alaska it is well worth the experience. Alaska is different and the people are a unique breed of folks. From what we hear, the challenge living here isn’t the weather – even where 40below is…
We haven’t posted for a couple of days, and this is our next-to-last post of a wonderful trip. Once we got to Anchorage we were busy getting things ready for the next phase of the trip (laundry, getting the luggage for the cruise, shipping the bike, etc). Plus, I think we were more tired than…