Galapagos Day 2

We woke up transiting to a new island - from Baltra (the little island we flew in on) and Santa Cruz (the bigger main island where we saw the tortoises) to a new island. Galapagos is really regulated so you have to have a naturalist with you and permits for a 6 hour window to go on any beach or hike! But every time we went on land we saw tons of the animals we had learned about - I think our naturalist was a veteran so he knew all the best hot spots. The girls couldn't get enough...

Heff relaxing while we transit (hasn't opened his laptop yet!)

we saw this awesome pod of dolphins jumping far out of the water on the way to the island of Espanola

Francie up early (and dressed herself) to watch dolphins with us

Cuddled up watching for the next sighting - jumping rays!

this sight makes her dad proud :)

Maisie looking glam

Daily schedule for Boat School

First beach/hike excursion

We found Sally Lightfood Crabs!

and a tiny dried up Portuguese Man of Man and braved holding a crab (kidding it was dead ;)

Maisie's attempt to hold the dead crab- no thanks ;)

Janie's brave - and then proceeded to rip the thing to pieces

and Francie found a giant Pelican

Penguin sightings! the northmost penguins in the world (on the equator)

then we hiked up to check out the lava flow - it erupted in 1888 so it's pretty recent lava)

Alicia practicing animal yoga moves with the girls

JJ on lava

more to upload... getting off the boat to head home now!