…have a wonderful Saturday…..

When I was twelve we went on a tour to the Galapagos. The ship stayed out in the deep water while we took small boats in to the islands each day. One day, my boat was the first in, and we had a little down time on the beach anyway before we started to hike inland. So I sat at the shore and engaged in one of my favorite pastimes: building a drip castle.

Well, I had dug my quarry for wet sand right at the shoreline, and had started my castle, when a baby sea lion, maybe about a foot and a half long, came up and plopped himself right in my quarry. My hand was in the quarry at the time, gathering a handful of wet sand, and the sea lion sat right on it.

But here's the incredible part. On a whim, I picked up a stick laying nearby, and tossed it about fifteen feet away. *The baby sea lion went after it, fetched it in her mouth, and brought it back to me.*.

……that’s so us all….

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…Happy Friday Miss Kate…..

… People were overwhelmed by Gus’ story and mentioned that this spectacular journey could make a great movie one day…

… While researchers are still trying to figure out how and why Gus ended up on one of the Australian beaches, people are remembering the story of the 10-month-old penguin called Happy Feet who became an international celebrity in 2011 as the first emperor penguin spotted in New Zealand in 44 years.
The reasons for such long and unusual trips remain mystical, yet for sure this was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, not only for those who got a chance to see Gus on the beach in person that day but for the penguin himself as well. It’s not every day you can exchange Antarctica’s harsh weather for a dreamy, sunny beach…!…

…those were the selfies he took…