We had a quick stop at the Boston Mills visitor center and then hiked along the towpath from Station going south looking for birds and at Brandywine Falls loop trail and the Ledges loop trail.

We took our bikes on the train from Rockside to Botzum and rode the bikes back to Rockside.

Today we stopped at the visitor’s center and did a little more hiking.

Today we did some more biking and hiking at Indiana Dunes.

After driving through the rain the previous day, we arrived at Indiana Dunes National Park the evening of May 31.

Our second day at Iguazu Falls was on the Argentine side. We did three walks this day. We started the day by taking the little train to the last station and the Devil’s Throat trail.

We flew from Buenos Aires to Iguazu and went directly to the Brazil side of the falls. After a brief stop to get a late lunch, we walked a trail down to the base of the falls.

The expectations set by the crew were for a moderate crossing of the Drake passage. It started out quite nice, with gently rolling seas and a bit of a tailwind.

Some staff members considered our crossing the Drake “Lake”, others thought it was only close to a “Lake” crossing. It was very pleasant, easy to walk around outside. On the morning of the 5th around 10 am we got a little snow, the only snow I saw fall on the trip.

In the morning, we stopped at Hannah Point, on Livingston Island in the Shetland Islands. It was originally planned to be an early landing as the wind was supposed to pick up by mid-morning. That didn’t happen, and another ship canceled their afternoon visit, so we ended up spending a gorgeous day there.

In the afternoon, we stopped at Mikkelson Harbor, which was an old whaling landing. There are a number of whale bones left there.