End of Act II Starting Act III

Here is our final look at Antarctica for this season. It is looking back at town from Pegasus Runway. The pointy hill just right of center is Ob. Hill which is right next to town.



Here is what most people were doing while we waited 20 minutes for the plane. Not the photo part, but the smiling part. It was a large happy bunch. Notice the fancy town here at Pegasus.



And finally it was here in sight. Our chance out of town.



This is only a tiny fraction of the 140 passengers that flew north.





Us at 9PM ready to go.



Me at 2AM ready to sleep. Notice something different in this photo? Darkness, and new concept to us.



And now today in the center of Christchurch. We got into the motel at about 4:30 AM. And finally about mid-morning we decided to go for a walk around town and enjoy the sights and see some green.







And on our way through town we stopped at the Botanical Gardens to enjoy the Rose Gardens. Paula has her way of enjoying them.



And I have mine.



So our next adventure has begun. It is very nice to be off of the ice, but it is tough to leave behind some of our new friends. We will be in Christchurch for three days to relax and get used to the real world again. And on Saturday we will hop into our rental car and head up the Eastern Coast and on Monday we will start the Able Tasmin Great Walk. Then on Wednesday of next week we will drive down the Western Coast through the mountains and wind our way back to Christchurch. We will be back here a week from Sunday.

Talk you everyone sometime soon.
And my next post will be as soon as possible, but it will depend on internet access.

R.J.