Whale Watching........Kind of

On Sunday we took the kids whale watching. The weather was amazing! We sailed out of Dana Point with Captain Dave (http://www.dolphinsafari.com/) on the small but intimate catamaran. The boat was so rocky, back & forth, back & forth, so I was really leery about taking the kids up to the front. We headed out to sea for about 20 minutes and spotted the first whale. In the next 10-15 minutes the same whale was spotted another 4 times. I had yet to see anything. I was getting so frustrated. The kids and I were in the back of the boat, so all the spectators in front were blocking the view. We finally got a view of the whale and I managed to get one picture. Later on the trip we saw a few dolphins, so I was able to take some pictures. By the end of the 2 1/2 hour tour the kids were asleep and we were pooped. It was a great trip though, and would highly recommend it.

Here is the one picture I got of our whale sighting.


Owen looking so sad because we haven't seen anything.


Finally we saw some playful dolphins.


They came really close the the boat. The captain took a count on who wanted to stay with the dolphins and who wanted to look for more whales. I was out voted by the rest of the people on the boat and we stuck with the whales which turned out to be a bad choice. We would have gotten more action staying with the dolphins.


Sea Lion rock.


This picture has nothing to do with Whale watching, but I just had to post it. The picture is courtesy of Drew at http://www.drewbphotography.com, taken on Superbowl Sunday. Thanks Drew!