Nemo Bay, Onekotan Island, June 18
This afternoon was amazing! I was supposed to be driving zodiacs, but when the landing necessitated a stern landing, I was taken off. At first I was upset and wanted time to practice since it wasn't super rough and I need to practice, but then I realized what an opportunity I had to hike around the area and see this amazing island. By the time I arrived at the island after swapping out my zodiac, all of the passengers had taken off for their various adventures so I was free to wander alone and just hop from group to group answering questions if necessary. Needless to say, after about 10 minutes of hanging out with passengers, they all wanted to do their own thing, so I was left alone to explore. There was a beautiful creek running across the island and out to sea which I crossed to get to the rubbish pile to hopefully find my own Japanese glass fishing float. Striking out, I decided to hike up the ridge with Mason, another naturalist. Once at the top of the ridge, I had a panoramic views of the valley, the beach and ship. I have attached two photos of the view - one of the valley and river and the other of the beach.
View of Onekotan Island
View of Nemo Bay
The long hikers had gone ahead at this point up to a lake at the top of another ridge. It was too far for me to go with the time I had to explore, so I stayed on the ridge and just enjoyed the quiet and scenery. I've attached a photo of me lying on the ground attempting to capture the varied landscape of the flowers, greenery and snow capped volcanoes.
When I came down from the ridge most of the passengers had gone back to the ship and Cheli, Ingrid and I went hunting for glass floats. Cheli is a pro at finding them, and after scurrying over some rocks and into a pile of washed up wood, she hollered, "Lori, you may want to look over here". She all but planted the glass float for me, but it was still fun to find it.
By the evening, I was wiped out as we continue to lose hours in the evening to Russian time zone changes. I think this is the last time change until we cross the International Date Line on the next cruise.
View of Onekotan Island
View of Nemo Bay
The long hikers had gone ahead at this point up to a lake at the top of another ridge. It was too far for me to go with the time I had to explore, so I stayed on the ridge and just enjoyed the quiet and scenery. I've attached a photo of me lying on the ground attempting to capture the varied landscape of the flowers, greenery and snow capped volcanoes.
When I came down from the ridge most of the passengers had gone back to the ship and Cheli, Ingrid and I went hunting for glass floats. Cheli is a pro at finding them, and after scurrying over some rocks and into a pile of washed up wood, she hollered, "Lori, you may want to look over here". She all but planted the glass float for me, but it was still fun to find it.
By the evening, I was wiped out as we continue to lose hours in the evening to Russian time zone changes. I think this is the last time change until we cross the International Date Line on the next cruise.
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