This was the highlight of my trip!!! The only word that I can think of to describe watching these whale so close up is...MAJESTIC!!! As corny as that sounds. It was incredible!!! There were 3 of them, a mother, a baby and an escort(a male wanting to mate with the female). They came within a 100 yards of the boat. at 1st they just swam around lifting a fin and I was soooo wanting one to breech or lift their tail. There wasn't very many people on our boat thankfully and most everyone stayed up on the top deck. So I basically just walked around the boat taking pictures of them. I was talking to one of the guys that worked on the boat about how I was wanting one to breech. He told me that he had never seen one breech close to a boat. So I was bummed but went back to watching. I was able to snag a couple of tail pics so I was happy with what I got and put my camera down to just enjoy the whales for a bit. And of coarse as soon as I took the camera away from my eye the baby whale breeched. By the time I got it back up it had already landed. I was really bummed!!! I kept the camera to my face hoping that maybe it would breech again. It did!!! I was able to get the take off and landing. If I would've double checked my settings on my camera I would have been able to get the whole thing, but at least I got part of it. Sheri was asking me if I got it and I was telling her about it and just then the little bugger breeched again. I again was too late for that one. I couldn't believe that we were able to see it breech that close 3 times. Poor Jordyn came down with a fever while we were whale watching and it ended up lasting for 2 days. I still don't know what in the heck it was from. She had a little runny nose the day before but nothing after that. She was pretty miserable for those couple of days. I hate fevers!!! They scared the crap out of me.
This post is a lot of scenic pictures that will probably be boring to most of you but I had to put all of them on here because they all make me feel good and remind me of how amazing that day was for me.
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| The 3 of them |
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| Coming up for a peek |
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| The Breech |
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| I can tell by looking at Regan's face, that he has the grits. He always gets them when he plays with the skin on our arms. |
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| Jordyn's unconditional love for me. I love that she loves me so much, even though it can get a little tiring at times. |
After whale watching we drove up north to see some more of the island. It was so pretty. These pictures don't do it justice.
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| We made it back to the hotel just in time for the sunset |
Looks like you guys had so much fun...and so pretty! I know all your photos make me want to learn. One of these days, when my life slows down a little.
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