It is up again at 6:45 and back on to the boats for a sea turtle viewing and to participate in the delivery of mail from the post office. This is interesting; years ago some sailors but a barrel on a stand, back far enough from the beach so that the tides and storms would not damage it, and left mail in the barrel. The tradition is that you go through the mail and if you find one addressed close enough to where you live you take that mail and personally hand delivery, just as they did centuries ago.

While you are at it you can leave a postcard addressed to whomever and hopefully someone will visit the barrel and hand deliver it for you.

We actually did neither but one couple found 5 letters they could deliver.

After the talk we went snorkeling, hopefully to see some sea turtles and Galapagos Penguins, (which look a lot like a duck when they are in the water). Everyone, besides Berniece and I, seemed to be having lots of luck and got great pictures. We didn’t see squat! We did see them from the dingy on the way in but snorkeling? Nada.

In the afternoon we took another nature walk on the same island. Finally we see the famous Blue Footed Boobie..ya! I think we got some pretty awesome pictures of it; I am only showing a few here.  Also as we approached the shore there were some turtles doing the reproduction thing. Male gets on top and stays there for a couple of hours. Why did nature give the turtles so much fun? Who knows but he can’t hear so maybe whatever she is saying just isn’t getting through?!

After landing we had the option of snorkeling but neither one of us felt like it so we just enjoyed the afternoon on the beach.