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Huntington Beach, California, United States
Sewer, cooker, full time day jobber, mom of two. Maybe if I wasn't so busy with all this I'd have time to sleep!

2.06.2007

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!

2.02.2007

APPLE PICKING
I know October was SO last year, but I came across some pictures I loved and had to post a slideshow. We had a very busy October with our great friends the Bittels. First we went to the U-Pick pumpkin patch, then we went to the "First Annual Greene-Bittel Apple Picking Event". That was such a fun experience. The drive alone up to Beaumont was an adventure. It was so foggy and cold, but we all had a great time. Here is the slideshow.