Today we awoke to smooth seas! And they opened our port hole windows! You know its going to be a great day when the sun is shining brightly in your room.

We started the morning with a zodiac cruise amongst the icebergs (but not too close in case the icebergs calv or flip over). We saw another kind of penguin too! The chinstrap penguin! Like all penguins, the chinstrap penguin is absolutely adorable.

Being in Antarctica is surreal. I mean, I don’t even remember the last time I got to take a zodiac cruise amongst the icebergs. Maybe that is because there are no icebergs in Kansas. And as far as I know, kohls does not sell Zodiacs. It’s really something out of a SciFi movie because it’s so far out of our normal experience. Words can’t even describe our joyous jubilation of boating in Antarctic waters surrounded by penguins and chunks of ice and breathing the crisp clean air. It’s just amazing!

Antarctica weather is very fickle and can change in an instant. The wind started to pick up towards the end of our zodiac cruise, and then it started to snow and snow and snow. It is too dangerous to be out in a little zodiac if it gets too windy. Unfortunately, our afternoon activities were cancelled. We got a nice ship cruise instead which just basically means that Captain drives very slowly so that we can stand on deck and enjoy the beautiful scenery while watching for whales and penguins.

Our night of camping was also cancelled–Complete and utter devastation. not just for us but also for 28 other people in our Girls Love Travel group. I didn’t get to camp tonight which also means I didn’t get to use my SheWee and pee in a Gatorade bottle that I brought with me all the way from Kansas.

By 8pm (when we should have been leaving to camp) the snow had stopped and the sun came out. It was beautiful weather, but they couldn’t uncancel our cancelled camping expedition. They said that it was a very wet snow and it would have been difficult to set up the sleeping bags in.

So there you have it. All the emotions in one day.

Love,

thetwinsontour