Lake Baikal, deepest in the world, vessel for 1/5th of the world’s fresh water, home to a 100 species of fresh water sponges, habitat to the tasty omul.
This stop also marked the first holiday away from family and friends. Calls were made, emails and pictures sent. We celebrated the day with a hike in the woods that “smelled like Grandpa’s forest”, threw rocks in the vastness of the blue and ate a feast of fish and soup in thanksgiving for the day.