Pancake Rocks and Blowhole

These formations are utterly awesome.

They were formed about 35 million years ago by marine organisms when this area was under water. Scientists to this day don't know how they came to be stacked like pancakes, but they are an amazing site.

The blowholes surge when the force of the tide pushes the water up through them but since it wasn't high tide, we didn't get the full spectacular effect. Still, the whole area is amazing to see.

We also got a peek at one of the rare, wingless birds called.... I don't know. It looks like a kiwi but it isn't. We have pictures though.

Oh, seals and dolphins! They were swimming just off the pancake rocks, jumping and diving. It was great.

We're on our way to the glaciers this afternoon.

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