Probably the last update for a while.  Galapagos has been great, definitely worth the stop!  You can only anchor in one spot, well you have your choice of two islands, Santa Cruz or San Cristobal, but you have to choose one and stay there, for no more than 20 days.  The winds seem to be diminishing over the weekend and into next week so my escape plan is to leave tonight or Friday Morning depending on what time I get my Zarpe (check out clearance) and get back to the boat.   To sum up the time here… There has been the normal good bit of partying with friends, a ferry trip to Santa Cruz and Isla Isabella since Salsa isn’t allowed to leave San Cristobal.  There we (group of friends) went horseback riding up to a huge volcanic crater, saw pink flamingos, TONS of marine iguanas, HUGE turtles, and much much more.  Once back here in San Cristobal we went on the best tour of all, simply  a boat ride out to a big rock just off shore where we swam with many sharks, yeah it’s a bit scary but its way too cool.  Then on the way back we stopped at another small island and swam with friendly sea lions, I don’t think they are ALL friendly, but the small ones we met were.  I could write a lot more on the Galapagos, and maybe I will but for now I’m going to go check to see if my Zarpe is ready yet and possibly get going!   If I leave tonight there will be no more updates for a month other than the position updates but they may even stop at some point since the spot-check tracker has a dead spot in the middle of the Pacific, but Ill keep sending them just in case they get out.  Talk to y’all soon! –Kirk

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