This is sort of stupid of me, but when I wrote this I thought I had never been on a whale watch. Technically, I haven't. I have never gone out on a boat with the express intention of finding whales.On our honeymoon, we did go out on a boat to see the Tracy Arm glacier. On the way back to Juneau, we stopped to watch a baby whale splashing about. I'd show you a photo, but I took 11 pictures of whale splash. It's just not that easy to photograph a baby whale at play. Eventually I gave up on the photos and just enjoyed the fact that I was in a small boat with about 15 other people watching a baby whale in Alaska with my new husband. It was pretty awesome.
Then we all went into the cabin to continue our journey. And the mother breached.
That whale must have been 3-4 times the size of our boat. And there she was popping out of the water a few yards away.
You'd think I wouldn't forget something like this. But you'd be wrong. I thought I hadn't been on a whale watch.
So, if the opportunity presents itself to go watch whales, I'll do it. But I don't think I need to put this one on the next list.
Photo courtesy Nalfanion, Wikicommons
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