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West Point Island, Passage to Ushuaia and Leaving for Home

Kathy walking up the steep hill on West Point Island, April 2, 2023 A lovely day for our last landing before heading to Ushuaia in the afternoon. IMG_3491 Lovely picture of Sylvia Earle and a 30' sloop. which has circumnavigated Earth 3 times...wow!! IMG_8119 IMG_3493 IMG_3497 IMG_3504 IMG_8121 IMG_8122 Caracara Made it to the Rockhopper penguins and Black-browed albatross nesting area Everyone seems to be getting along!! IMG_8132 IMG_8134 IMG_8135 IMG_8137 IMG_8139 IMG_8140 IMG_8142 IMG_8144 Love the hairdo!!! IMG_8146 IMG_8147 IMG_8150 That's a juvenile chick asking Mom for something to eat I think she is saying your big enough to go get your own food...yikkers!!! The mom never gave in.....this went on for ~10 minutes IMG_8155 IMG_8156 IMG_8157 IMG_8159 IMG_8164 IMG_8166 IMG_8167 IMG_8168 IMG_8169 IMG_8172 IMG_8175 IMG_8176 IMG_8178 IMG_8179 IMG_8181 IMG_8183 IMG_8184 IMG_8186 IMG_8189 IMG_8190 IMG_8192 IMG_8194 IMG_8195 IMG_8200 IMG_8202 IMG_8204 IMG_8205 IMG_8206 IMG_8207 IMG_8210 IMG_8211 IMG_8213 IMG_8218 IMG_8220 IMG_8222 IMG_8223 IMG_8224 IMG_8228 IMG_8230 IMG_8232 IMG_8234 IMG_8237 IMG_8244 IMG_8245 IMG_8247 IMG_8248 IMG_8249 IMG_8250 IMG_8252 IMG_8255 This is Kikki and along with her husband Theis, they own West Point and the sloop!! IMG_3506 Leaving WEst Point Island Some of the islands in West Falkland!! IMG_8260 A huge whale pod of ~200 Sei whales gave us a show for over an hour...wow, wow, wow!!! Sei whales just show their backs and dorsal fin so really hard to tell just how big they are!! IMG_8263 Sei whales are the third largest whale in the world!! IMG_8265 IMG_8269 IMG_8274 IMG_8276 Blue-eyed shags IMG_8278 IMG_8279 IMG_8282 IMG_8283 IMG_8284 IMG_8285 IMG_8286 IMG_8287 IMG_8288 IMG_8292 IMG_8293 It was blow after blow...wow!!! IMG_8297 IMG_8299 IMG_8301 IMG_8304 IMG_8314 IMG_8315 IMG_8321 IMG_8322 IMG_8326 IMG_8329 IMG_8330 IMG_8333 IMG_8335 IMG_8337 IMG_8338 IMG_8339 IMG_8355 IMG_8356 IMG_8360 IMG_8363 IMG_8364 IMG_8372 IMG_8374 IMG_8375 IMG_8379 Sunset on April 2nd at sea!!! IMG_8383 IMG_8388 IMG_8391 IMG_8395 IMG_8399 IMG_8409 IMG_8416 A bit of a green flash IMG_8419 IMG_8420 IMG_8426 Kathy loved this picture outside our room IMG_3519 South America mainland!! Blowing pretty good before we entered Beagle Channel on April 3rd IMG_8439 IMG_8441 The Bracket....I made it to the Sweet 16!!! Our South Georgia route Our passage from Ushuaia and past the Falklands 1_IMG_3527 All the places we stopped!!! IMG_3530 IMG_3532 IMG_3533 The finals of Rock, Paper, & Scissors The Captain's farewell toast IMG_3549 IMG_3550 Howard and all the Expedition crew Our final dinner!! IMG_3557 Kathy and John with our excellent server, Jose!! View from our hotel, Arakur, on our last night in Ushuaia IMG_3564 IMG_3567 An excellent lager!! That's the Sylvia Earle leaving.....on her way to Costa Rica with just a skeleton crew IMG_3572 It is fall here in Ushuaia and the Beech trees are turning colors IMG_3576 IMG_3577 IMG_3579 IMG_3580 Our last view of Beagle Channel and the Sylvia Earle....what a trip!!!!

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