{"id":6811,"date":"2012-10-15T09:42:42","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T16:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/?p=6811"},"modified":"2012-10-15T09:42:42","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T16:42:42","slug":"galapagos-day-15-morning-south-plaza-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/galapagos-day-15-morning-south-plaza-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Galapagos, Day 15, Morning: South Plaza Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ecuador Trip: Day 15<\/strong><\/p>\n

Galapagos Cruise: Day\u00a010<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enough dallying about on slice-of-life and writing stuff. It’s time for another Galapagos travel post. I know, you’ve missed them. I can tell by the cheers that pour from my computer speakers whenever a new post goes up.<\/p>\n

So, okay, on Day 10 of our cruise, we made a morning stop at South Plaza Island, which is located off the east coast of Santa Cruz (one of the populated islands).<\/p>\n

South Plaza is an island best told through pictures, without someone nattering in your ear about every single one. For example, you get to see…<\/p>\n

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Iguanas in trees! Honestly, a sight I never imagined I’d see. What’s next? Dinosaurs in trees? And before you’re thinking there’s ONE earthically challenged iguana in one tree, you’re quickly realizing there a LOT of iguanas in a lot of trees! This is a close-up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lava lizard. Just hanging out. At the Lava Lizard Lounge. “Watch your step! Don’t step on the Lava Lizards!” That Harry. Always so helpful.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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South Plaza Island has steep cliffs that were formed by rising lava (I know because the Cormorant Itinerary says so, and would it lie?). South Plaza Island is now covered with “Opuntia cacti.” Translation: a cool tree-like natural growth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The island is also pretty rocky. If you’re hankering to play Fred Flintstone, South Plaza Island is a good place to hang out.<\/p>\n

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South Plaza has abundant bird life. I practiced my photography skills until the cows came home (that is, on my dinner plate later that night).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“Grace Defined.” Also known as “Not Cindy.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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it’s gonna be a watery landing! I love how his little legs hang down, and for some reason his butt reminds me of Donald Duck. Yes, before I left, this fellow was sporting a sailor jacket. I just whipped one up using the cacti pointy-jabby things for a needle and someone’s stolen daypack for fabric (not admitting whose<\/em> daypack).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I like to call this shot “Talk to the Back.” Or “Back Talk.” Depending how snippy I am at the time. Yellow land iguana just sitting around waiting for humans to admire him and all his brethren. When was the last time you were just sitting around with your brethren and 16 people stopped and admired YOU? Yeah, that’s what I thought.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Isn’t that a cute bit of molting skin?<\/p>\n

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“Show me your hand, poker face. No? I’ll show you mine. Impressed yet?” Why, yes, I am.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I wouldn’t want to feel those claws wrapped around my throat on a cold, clammy night. Of course, I’d have to have a pretty skinny throat.<\/p>\n

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Mama feeding her baby. “Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That’s it. Told ya, short and sweet. No needless nattering. Not a lot. Just enough or you’d think it wasn’t me writing this post.<\/p>\n

There’s the rub. Is it? Is it REALLY me?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ecuador Trip: Day 15 Galapagos Cruise: Day\u00a010 Enough dallying about on slice-of-life and writing stuff. It’s time for another Galapagos travel post. I know, you’ve missed them. I can tell by the cheers that pour from my computer speakers whenever a new post goes up. So, okay, on Day 10 of our cruise, we made… Continue reading Galapagos, Day 15, Morning: South Plaza Island<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-galapagos-2012","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6811"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6889,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6811\/revisions\/6889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}