We started the day with another hike on Isabella.
We had anchored in a protected cove that was used by pirates over 300 years ago because the island is tall enough to hide sails from almost all directions. There was graffiti all around us, some dating back to 1836.
The walls are made up of thin layers of volcanic ash.
Noddy terns were nesting under the overhangs.
Along the way there were these hard balls of ash, that Matt insists are called “”not the pumice stones those other things”. They form kind of like hail, high in the atmosphere, but from volcanic ash.
It is also a hangout place for bachelor sea lions.
We came across Darwin Lake, a hypersaline lake that Darwin found during the Voyage of the Beagle.
The water flows up from the ocean due to salt concentration, but can’t go back. It evaporates in the lake, further concentrating the lake.
There was a medium ground finch.
He had funny tail feathers.
We walked up to one of the volcano peaks that was formed by sputtering lava and lava bombs.
It was pretty barren desert, but it is supposed to green up after they have had some rain.
The cactus waved goodbye!
lapilli?