Ushuaia Part 2

And here are the words to go with the pictures....

After yesterday's big day we both slept like logs and awoke with the sunrise in the middle of glacier alley, Beagle Channel, Patagonia. Lucky for us, all we had to do was step out on the deck to see the great scenery on both sides as we sailed by. Tom fetched coffee and croissants and we were set for the next couple of hours. I've included a couple of the best photos here, and this is going to sound terribly jaded, but if you've seen one glacier, you've seen them all, so I won't bore you with individual pictures of each one. Suffice to say they were all fun to see as we went by, both the big named ones and the smaller anonymous ones.

We have now docked in the port of Ushuaia, and are awaiting our tour time for a small boat wildlife cruise of some of the smaller bays and inlets along this part of the Beagle Channel. Our day appears to remain overcast, although the sun has been peeking through in spots, so perhaps we will see a bit more sun for our tour. The high today is a balmy 52 degrees, so it will be fine weather with or without the sun.

The wildlife cruise was quite interesting; we saw sea lions, cormorants (three kinds-rock, king and I forget). The photos show the rookeries out in the channel.

Just now we have heard from the captain, we are literally stuck in the port by the wind. It is currently blowing 43 knots from our left (port) side and we are tied up on the right (starboard) side. The net result is we cannot leave until the wind dies down, which could be very late tonight or early in the am. And THAT would mean we cannot get around the Horn and would have to transit the Beagle channel. We are hoping for the wind to drop very soon.

The only good news in all of that is that we have cell data service while in port.... so I am able to update this blog.