What to do?

What to do seems to be the question floating around our breakfast tables. If we are not flying to Antarctica and we have met the elusive penguins, what do we do with our time? Some have chosen an equestrian adventure while others have left the animals behind for some one on one time with their books. It appears everyone is maintaining their sanity and continuing to hope for our inevitable departure. As Bill said this morning, every second we spend enjoying Punta Arenas is a second closer to Antarctica.

Other options to pass the time have included Skype phone calls to family and friends and even some video chats with our K-9 companions. I know Heidi got to see her dog named Minky via the world wide web last night and I even told my dog Ruth to sit during a video chat. After trying to lick the screen, she finally sat down like the good girl that she is.

It is now 2:30 pm and the next check in with ALE is at 6:30pm. The current word from them is that there may be a weather window opening tomorrow morning. We should have more to report as of 7:00pm our time, but the reality is we won't know if we are flying to Antarctica until we are flying to Antarctica.