
I was laying on the ground just clicking away at these GIANT elephant seals (weighing up to 8,000 pounds and 20 feet long). They were battling it out for dominance over all the ladies in the harem. Heart in my throat!

Click photo and look closely and you can see penguins in the foreground, the middle ground and way back on the right – tiny faint little dots going up the foot of the mountain. It was a dream.

Tomorrow afternoon I take off for a two and 1/2 week adventure to Antarctica. My wonderful sister Julie, my best friend Carol Scafuro, and our spectacular daughter Yumiko will be here at home with Ken and the caregivers taking turns to keep the home fires burning. Hope, hope, hope all is calm here and…