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The garden called bright and early. We headed to the garden and worked for a few hours in the lovely 80-degree sunshine. Mary picked the last of the peas.

Interesting Facts about Peas: Janet Harris of Sussex holds the world record for eating peas, having eaten 7175 peas one by one in 60 minutes using chopsticks in 1984! Thick London fogs of the 19th and 20th centuries were dubbed ‘pea-soupers’ because of their density and green tinge.

My own little “Pea Picker”

The straw mulch needs to be removed and stacked for later use. The beds will then be cleaned, rototilled, and replanted for the summer season!

We must turn this over within a week so we can plant tomatoes.

Thank goodness Ralph’s bags are perfect for delivering freshly picked veggies—fresh means they still have dirt on them!

We filled several bags with goodies and then sent them to the neighbors.

Just two more plants to go, and then we’ll be shelling them so long that by the end of the afternoon, we might as well start a support group for people who’ve lost their shelling sanity! Who knew gardening could turn into a full-time job for my fingers?

Even Carlos got to pick peas today!

We watched Resident Alien all afternoon. I prepared lunch with my trusty assistant.  Mary fixed the peas and potatoes while I fixed up two nice looking steaks!

Yummy!

During the remaining afternoon, we got ready to go to the Elks to see Larry Fresch. We arrived at 5:15 p.m. and walked in with Vicky and Jim!

Larry Fresch plays tonight.

The music was great, and we had a light dinner because of our steaks! I had the Hobo Steak and took most of it home. Mary just had the house salad, which is a meal in itself.

I pulled out my trusty camera and asked the girl to “Show me your tooth.”  Mary took it literally.

“Show me your tooth!”

We danced several dances, and drank some wine. And departed around 8:30 pm.

Get a room!

We met up with Brenda and Gail.

Ladies, time to dance!

We were tired from working in the garden and departed a little early.

Robin Arrives In Argentina Day 8

Today’s adventure started with a flyer from the ship noting that “due to local sensitivities, we were kindly asked not to wear any UK memorabilia if we were leaving the ship. After a quick wardrobe check, it is safe to say I was properly dressed in my favorite color- BLACK (red, white and blue to be found). We tendered to the shore and Maggie scouted out the nearest shopping area to our tour pick-up location. There were trinket stores galore and then we turned the corner and there it was, no – not Starbucks but a Hard Rock Cafe at the end of the world!. The store was very small and there were at least 6 ships in the dock, so finding a t-shirt was a challenge but I did manage to find one I think will fit Bob who has collected these T-Shirts from many locations around the world, he has traveled to. Success!. From there we went to the tour location that Maggie had arranged and we jumped on the shuttle and was taken to the Tierra Del Fuego National Park or Parque Nacional Tierra Del Fuego train station for a guided tour/ride through the park.

At the train station, we were checked in and greeted by personnel who were dressed in prision inmate and police costumes. Outside the train station there was some kind of commotion going on. We soon discovered those dressed in the costumes were taking photo ops in set-up crime scenes and having the tourists join them in the action for the photo fun. We had no clue what they were doing, so we just jumped in to the picture and instead of acting like we were “catching the bad guys”, we were laughing (yes, we bought the photo!). Once that was over, we boarded a train (similar to the train at Knotts Berry Farm), that had been used to take prisioners to a prision that was located in the forest/park. We had a narrator tell us over pre-recorded audio, the prision was shut down and removed years ago due to various reasons. We stopped at a few locations in the park, one of which was a beautiful waterfall that had a brick fountain built around it.

After the train ride, we got back in the van from the tour company and they drove us through the forest, pointing out various things and providing us with more history of the early civilization that lived there – claiming they were the earliest people in recorded history, dating back to the cave man era. One of the stops on this part of the tour was to “the end of the world post office” where Maggie and I took several pictures and then on to the end of the road where the road actually ends at Route 3 in the Tierra Del Fuego forrest (got pictures of that as well). The sign read 17,848 kilometers to Alaska *by waterway* obviously not by road as there isn’t one!

We made it back to the ship at 7PM. Maggie is posted all the day trips on her Facebook if you want a preview of the photos. She also adds in a little more of the high-end information.

Love to all,

Robin