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| Andes Mountains
We arrived back in Ushuaia after 19 days at sea. We took a
bus tour to Lake Escondido and visited the local museum before flying back to
Buenos Aires. We took a riverboat cruise on the Tigre Delta. Back in Buenos
Aires we visited the Eva Peron Museum and the beautiful Opera House. After 11
hours in the air we landed safely at BWI, ending a most memorable 28 day
adventure.
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| Escondido Lake |
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| Floating grocery store
Postscript
In order to appreciate this trip, you need to know a little
about the history of Antarctic exploration and whaling. As a minimum, you
should read “South” by Earnest Shackleton. It should be noted that we had
unusually good weather on our Antarctic trip. Any trip to Antarctica is
expensive, but we found Hurtigruten to be a good value. This is not a
sight-seeing cruise, but an expedition requiring the physical ability to load
and unload from an unsteady boat, climb snow covered hills, and walk in heavy
boots. If you are unsteady on your feet, this is not your cruise. Special
thanks to our Travel Agent, Jean Trotter, who dealt with Hurtigruten over our 3
year planning period.
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| Opera House Family Matters
Sharon moved to Las Vegas to continue her missionary work
and teach English as a second language.
She did return to Baltimore for Christmas. Pat’s father got new dentures
which seem to improve his ability to get the proper nourishment and stop losing
weight. Bob continues his treatments and seems to be holding steady.
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