more penguins and a dangerous seal

After we warmed up from our amazing kayaking experience we dressed in our big red suits again and took zodiacs to Cuverville Island. When we first heard it everyone thought it was "Cougarville Island" and many jokes among our group of "women of a certain age"! When we got to the island we were not sure we would be able to leave the beach and go up on the main part because a seal was blocking our way to the path, and the naturalist said we couldn't go any farther unless the seal moved on its own. I did not hear what kind of seal it was but whatever it was it was fast if it decided to attack and too dangerous to deal with. We all waited, stacked up on the small shore. I guess he finally got tired of seeing so many big red suits staring at him and eventually he begrudgingly, slowly, with many backward looks, edged toward the water and swam away.

We all breathed a sigh of relief and climbed up to the main part of the island. There were penguins everywhere, many more than the first time we saw penguins. They are so funny and cuteand I have way too many penguin photos!