This morning, we awoke at a mooring off Santa Fe island, home to a large sea lion colony, a unique land iguana and several bird species. These islands really feel desertlike in this season, completely dried out. The beach was loaded with a very loud bunch of sea lions barking while frigate birds saoled by and blue footed boobies dived after fish. A very amazing start to the day. After our morning hike, we had some coffee and returned for snorkeling.
One of the big downsides to our trip to Floreana was that we did not get a chance to rent wetsuits. The water was in the high 60's, I'd guess. Definitely enough to cool you off. Absolutely freezing my ___ off for 40 minutes, but so worth it as small fish and dozens of sea lions twirled and played in the water with us, nipping at our swim fins and zooming in super-close, spinning upsidebdown to get a look at us and chasing fish.
After we clambered off the zodiacs, a quick shower and dry clothes was all I needed. We sailed on as frigates landed on the decks, waiting for lunch as we waited for ours.
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