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Great Voyages make Great Memories

I will always remember our voyage to ANTARCTICA in January 2023!

14 days of amazing experiences and surprises, Bob and Keri AXON!

WE sailed the SAPPHIRE PRINCESS from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Falkland Islands then across the windy Drake Passage. We toured 4 days along the Antarctic Peninsula then sailed north to Santiago, Chile. Antarctica is an ice-covered continent, only discovered recently. It actually is over 150 million year old and made with volcanic rock that formed a continent twice the size of Australia. We encountered 150 km wind and waves 12 metres high in the Drake Passage. 6 different varieties of penguins inhabit the rocky shores.

Icebergs composed of 1o,ooo year old blue ice are formed by massive calving glaciers. Antarctica is the only continent known for Floating ice sculptures, and amazing stories of heroism about earlier explorers. Penguins, Humpback Whales, Orcas seals and Walruses were spotted along the shores of Antarctica. Surrounded by the cold and vicious Southern Ocean, human visitors other than wildlife are very rare across the desert wasteland.

Some Thoughts for Anytime

1. When one door closes and another door opens, you are probably in prison.

2. To me, "drink responsibly" means don't spill it.

3. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9:00 pm is the new midnight.

4. It's the start of a brand new day, and I'm off like a herd of turtles.

5. The older I get, the earlier it gets late.

6. When I say, "The other day," I could be referring to any time between yesterday and 15 years ago.

7. I remember being able to get up without making sound effects.

8. I had my patience tested. I'm negative.

9. Remember, if you lose a sock in the dryer, it comes back as a Tupperware lid that doesn't fit any of your containers.

10. If you're sitting in public and a stranger takes the seat next to you, just stare straight ahead and say, "Did you bring the money?"

11. When you ask me what I am doing today, and I say "nothing," it does not mean I am free. It means I am doing nothing.

12. I finally got eight hours of sleep. It took me three days, but whatever.

13. I run like the winded.

14. I hate when a couple argues in public, and I missed the beginning and don't know whose side I'm on.

15. When someone asks what I did over the weekend, I squint and ask, "Why, what did you hear?"

16. When you do squats, are your knees supposed to sound like a goat chewing on an aluminum can stuffed with celery?

17. I don't mean to interrupt people. I just randomly remember things and get really excited.

18. When I ask for directions, please don't use words like "east or west or north or south

19. Don't bother walking a mile in my shoes. That would be boring. Spend 30 seconds in my head. That'll freak you right out.

20. Sometimes, someone unexpected comes into your life out of nowhere, makes your heart race, and changes you forever. We call those people cops.

21. My luck is like a bald guy who just won a comb.

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