Last night before bed the Captain suggested we secure our cabin due to potential rough seas. We thought we were thorough in our preparations, but Margo woke about 2:00 am hearing bottles rattling together. Apparently, she hadn’t properly secured them. Mark slept through the rocking…
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…
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…
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…
We started our Friday morning early, 5:00 am, so we could get to the Valdez ferry before 6:00. We arrived about 5:45 and there were a number of vehicles already there. Mark drove the bike onto the ferry and tied it down for the trip. Notice in the 2nd picture below, the very large tour…
4,218 miles thus far. We arrived in Valdez, AK today about 1:00 pm. This seems like a bit of a moment for us. Yes, we have the ferry across the Prince George Sound from Valdez to Whittier, and then the cool ride from Whittier to Anchorage through The Tunnel. And the ride to Denali. And…