Hi Mrs. Herman I am sorry I have not written sooner I was away all weekend with no access to a computer but now that I am back in school I hope to be writing to you daily. At this retreat I had a massive dance party and visited a bunch of my friends who I don't get to see accept at these retreats. I have been reading your journals and that's unfortunate about the Santiago hold up and the baggage loss. it's always a panic when things start to go wrong away from home where you feel like you have so much less control. Although the boat sounds like a lot of fun because of stability due to the large side ballasts. That would make the boat insanely stable but slower if I'm not mistaken. I recently watched a movie the big miracle about three wales trapped in the Arctic and my dad actually helped free them. He didn't get a single part in the movie but a bunch of his lines that he said with the political scene behind getting them out were used in the movie. I was wondering if you seen any interesting wildlife while on the boat. Are there any marine life the water surrounding Punta arenas? Have you seen any wales? I know this is a silly question because of course if you have you would have posted about it but I still felt like asking. Wales are some of the most amazing creatures I heard that with a single swipe of its fin a gray wale can kill an killer wale, "slight irony." Anyway thanks for reading this ramble.
Luke Plowden