No pictures of kiwis or glow worms because they are nocturnal.  The classrooms who are following this need to make sure you know what “nocturnal” means.  Some of the coolest creatures are nocturnal.  Kiwis are shaped like a lightbulb, no tail, long beak, their feathers look like fur.  They have cute faces and are about as big as a medium size cat.

But the glow worms were the best!  They are tiny little larvae about the size of a pin.  They live in the ceilings of caves.  They each glow bright blue from their tails.  All together it looks like looking up at the stars on a clear night, litterally millions of them and it’s just beautiful. They turn into flies and only live 2 or 3 days after that.

We board our cruise today, Holland America.

Oh, Mel asked what the temps are, about 60s daytime. Happy birthday, Mel!