Tuesday, January 18, 2011
We wake up off Floreana Island in Post Office Bay. The Island
has been a informal communication for hundreds of years. Ships
established a drop point for mail and messages in a barrel, ensured that
another ship would be able to carry the packages if they were headed in
the right direction. The tradition continues with visitors today
personally delivering postcards so we land and visit the site and I drop
off some cards and pick up some that I hope to get deliver ed to
Jacksonville Oregon and Asheville North Carolina with help from friends.
They don't know about that yet.
Later we head off the boat in pangas for a deep water snorkel
off the Devil's Crown, a volcanic outcropping offshore. It is a drift
dive, with the current carrying us along the underwater wall and pick up
by the pangas at the end. Great stuff to see, and Michael takes some
wonderful video of a playful sea lion who interacts with us.
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