Preparation

 T-minus six days until Henry Hughes and I embark on the expedition of our lifetime.  We will be heading to Santiago, Chile, on to the Falkland Islands to explore and fish for their renowned sea-run Brown Trout and then embark on a cruise to Antarctica.  We will be boarding the M/V Spirit by Poseidon Expeditions traveling from Stanley, Falklands to South Georgia Island where I hope to toast "The Boss" Ernest Shackleton at his gravesite, than pass Elephant Island and on to the Antarctic Peninsula where we plan to sea kayak among icebergs, penguins, whales and seals before heading across the infamous Drake Passage back to Ushuaia Argentina.

I am already scrambling to complete my final preparations, thinking of every detail and provision I will need.  We require redundancy for many items as we will not have the luxury of running to a local store to pick up something we forgot or need to replace.  The list grows every day, along with my excitement.

Henry is already in transit from his home in Monmouth, Oregon to JFK to visit his father Charles, his brother David and wife Heike in Port Jefferson NY, before making his way to my home in Little Falls, New Jersey on Monday evening.  Then it's one last day of final prep Tuesday before we depart on Wednesday October 18th.