Clutter My World: Clutter my World with a trip to the Galapagos!

Hi everyone! In March, my husband, youngest daughter, and I experienced another trip of a lifetime! My list of must dos and must sees is growing: An African Safari, a trip to the Amazon, and now, a trip to the beautiful Galapagos Islands! My youngest daughter, Alex, studied the Galapagos Islands when she was in 4th grade at Crest View Elementary school here in Boulder. Ever since then, she has asked us if we could take a trip to see what she had studied. She just graduated from Boulder High School and we don't know how many more trips we will be able to take with her, so we decided to make this her Senior year, Spring Break trip...and it is something that we will always remember.

How often to you get to visit a place that has been virtually untouched for millions of years...at least, untouched by humans? The Galapagos islands are such a place. Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos on the HMS Beagle back in 1835...he was 22 years old and invited to be the captain's companion because he was educated and interesting. While traveling the world, they landed upon the Galapagos Islands and to simplify things, Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution based on what he saw there...the crazy thing is that he really didn't "publish" it for 20 years...he took that long to "perfect" it. Today, the Galapagos Islands are really one big National Park..only 3% of the islands are inhabited by humans, the rest is occupied by Giant Land Tortoises, finches of every shape, size and name, marine and land iguanas, Blue footed boobies, nasca boobies and red footed boobies, Galapagos sea lions, frigate birds, penguins, and so much more, including those animals and fish that we see under the water...hammerhead sharks, rays, octopi, etc. etc. We spent a week aboard the Flamingo...a 20 passenger boat with approx. 8 crew owned and operated by EcoVentura http://www.ecoventura.com/home.aspx, a company that has been "leading the way in Expedition Cruising in the Galapagos Islands since 1990. We had 2 guides, Alexis and Maurice...I think the best guides in the islands...between them, they have more than 40+ years of Galapagos guiding and they were so knowledgeable and eager to share. As I mentioned earlier, it was the trip of a lifetime and if you have the time and the wherewithal, I highly recommend that you put this on your bucket list...

Just as I Clutter My World with trips to wonderful and interesting places, I try to clutter Clutter with wonderful furniture and home decor...much of it from places around the world. Right now we have a piece of painted art from Bali, a large open front cabinet from India, a Mexican Trastero, A hand hewn Poplar table from Boulder, a red lacquer cabinet from China, and so much more...