Sunday, February 5, 2012

Cape Horn Photos

     Here are Saturday's photos while in Beagle Channel and then of Horn Island, and in particular, our "rounding of Cape Horn".   To do the photos justice, click on them to make them bigger.

                                                            Beagle Channel photos


                                                             Glacier is up high



                                                                   Water falls
                                                             Glacier that has receded



                                                                   Snow shower

                                      Gorgeous blue water-rock has hundreds of birds on it
                                                     Isolated little community
                                            Not bad yet as we head for Horn Island
                                                      Weather changes within minutes

                                              Horn Island and the tall peak is Cape Horn



                                     Observation lounge is packed so as to see Cape Horn

                                                           Cape Horn in photo center

                                                       Cape Horn from back side
                                                                      Hold on!!!

                                                  We are experiencing 20 foot swells now
                                                          Ocean crashing onto rocks



                      This is the infamous, Cape Horn (1300 ft rock).  The end of the Americas.
 Cape Horn again.  Now we can say we sailed around the Cape Horn and lived to tell about it.

                                           Lighthouse keeper's house and the light house.
                                                                 Ablatross Monument
     A family actually lives here to take care of the light house.  What a God forsaken job!!