Whale of an adventure!

Well this week has been a whale of an adventure...  Thankfully we were able to make the most of it but it was still much harder than we would have liked.  Early in the week COVID arrived in our house.  Unfortunately that meant missing out on some of the fun activities that the schools have crammed into the end of the school year.  It was a hard blow but thankfully as of now only one person has tested positive and had very minor symptoms and those symptoms only lasted a couple of days.  

Thankfully we were able to meet the guidelines for the fun activity we had planned, and that activity was outside.  We went whale watching!  Thank you very much to Mom and Dad Arnold for the Christmas gift.  We had originally planned to go two weeks ago but the weather was very rough and we decided we didn't want to turn green so we delayed.  And for some reason I pushed it out two weeks instead of just one.  Good thing I did!  The weekend I skipped it turns out they didn't see any whales either day (very rare!).  We got super lucky though, we got to see two females and a juvenile!  It was a wonderful trip!

I will start with videos.  Sorry the image isn't steady but it is super tricky to do on the deck of a boat!  And it is tricky to time taking the photos because as big as they are they sure move quick!  

And now for some photos!  And in some, okay most, cases my attempt at photos!  This was taken as we were headed out.  It was a beautiful, clear day with calm seas and cool temperatures but not cold.  

We had a whole section to ourselves!  

And one item to note about these photos, there was no zoom used!  Yes, they were that close at times which made the boat scramble to ensure we respected the space of the whales.

"Thar she blows!"

The great crew of the boat had an interesting proposal for us as we headed back to shore.  They said they could provide photos that we would never forget.  It confused us at first but can you tell our amazement by what we are seeing?  

Wow, look at that whale!  Ha ha!  

It was a great treat after a hard week!  And now we hope for a whole lot of negative tests in the week ahead!