Santa Fe Island
We came to a little bay with beaches covered in sea lions! It was awesome.
We took turns snorkeling in the bay, and we were able to get very close to the sea lions! It was way cool. They are so fun and friendly, and swim so fast! They'd just dart past you so fast. We even saw a few baby sea lions. We were sad we forgot our waterproof camera.
After snorkeling and a lunch of rice with vegetables, octopus, and shellfish, we went back to Santa Cruz Island to a beach full of Marine Iguanas! Marine iguanas don't live anywhere but the Galapagos. They've adapted the ability to live in the sea. 
Many of them are black, often the same color as the lava rocks, and we learned this is so that they can quickly reabsorb heat after being in the water. They also have special nasal glands used to expel salt that has accumulated. So all over we'd here a "sneezing" sound, and it was them blowing the salt out of their noses.
They blend in well with the lava rocks.
2 comments:
Wow, I envy you!! I would LOVE to go to the Galapagos. There was actually a clip on CNN two days ago about the the devastating affects tourism has brought to the Galapagos Islands so it is good that you had the opportunity to see them before the islands are closed to tourists or something! Let's hope that doesn't happen. Owen is so adorable! He is growing up so fast! Hasta luego!
I'm way jealous of the gorgeous blue waters and swimming. (I'm really tired of snow!!) BUT I do not envy you of having to be so close to those lizard things. Ugh!
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