Departing the Falklands, we traveled 900nm over three nights to reach our first stop in South Georgia at Elsehul. Here we toured the area by tender, sighting a large rockhopper penguin rookery perched on the cliffs, and hundreds of baby and adult seals. Among them was a relatively rare blonde Leucistic fur seal. Not quite…
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The Falklands, South Georgia, and Antarctica
The island of South Georgia lies about 870 miles off the Antarctic Peninsula and supports the largest King Penguin population in the world, exceeding a million during the breeding season. It also contains the grave of British explorer Ernest Shackleton, who in 1916 famously saved his entire crew after their ship, the Endurance, was trapped in…
The Black Reef Exhibit at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland
continued… Looking down at the main pool as we climbed higher. There weren’t many exhibits where you could touch the creatures, but there were a few. We believe this was an Atlantic horseshoe crab. These moon jellyfish were common in … Continue reading →
Breakfast at Simply Marie’s and the The Walk to the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland
Friday, September 12 — This morning, Eric ran all the engines and water makers. He also changed the filters in the black water and grey water vent loops. Those filters are immensely helpful in controlling odors. Before leaving for San Diego, … Continue reading →
Our Two Weeks in San Diego
Thursday, September 11 — On Thursday, August 27, we left Kosmos at 0400, drove to the car rental center, returned the car and caught the shuttle to the airport. We made it to the airport in plenty of time to … Continue reading →
The Museum of Industry in Baltimore, Maryland — Part 3
continuing on in the transportation section… in 1935, Chevrolet opened a manufacturing plant south of Baltimore that produced more than 12-million vehicles during its 70+ years of operation. It closed in 2005. There was a small display on a tire … Continue reading →
The Museum of Industry in Baltimore, Maryland — Part 2
continued… Next we went into another large room that was set up to look like a clothing manufacturing facility. Baltimore was also a hub for clothing manufacturing. Our tour guide showed us the revolutionary technology of the era that made … Continue reading →
The Museum of Industry in Baltimore, Maryland — Part 1
Wednesday, August 26 — We spent the morning getting ready for our trip to San Diego. By the early afternoon, we were feeling like everything was as ready as could be. We decided to go to the Museum of Industry, … Continue reading →
Keith’s Perspective on the Week in San Diego and Virginia/Le point de vue de Keith sur la semaine à San Diego et en Virginie
This week has been amazing. On Saturday, we went to Comicon for our last day there. We went to a panel with Matt Diniman and the narrator of Dungeon Crawler Carl, Jeff Hays. After the panel, we went to an … Continue reading →
The Washington Memorial in Baltimore, MD
Tuesday, August 25 — We were heading back to San Diego soon, so we spent the morning and early afternoon doing chores and getting things ready to go. Keith also continued tightening screws around the boat. Eric ran the engines. In … Continue reading →
