We took an overnight tour to the Bay of Magdalena, north of Constitution. We were told there were many whales and "babies" in the bay. This trip is one of the items on "bucket list" of things I really wanted to do. We have seen PBS National Geographic films on these whales and the area. Our first outing was Tues afternoon. We went out for about 2 hours; 6 of us, our tour guide and the boatman. It was amazing! A large whale (Momma?) and 'baby' came right up to the boat. We were all able to touch a whale, get a face full of whale breath, and some of us wet from slapping, blowing whales! We were in the long inlet of the bay, which is about a mile across at it's widest point. We saw adults w/ babies, singles and some small groups of whales, many at very close range. Octavio, our guide took us out again just before sunset to bird island and up to the sand dunes. This was an added bonus to the regular tour schedule. Dinner that night was at the hotel, which is clean and very simple. But the dinner was excellent, lobster, grilled shrimp and a filet of halibut, plus rice and vegetables. We all crashed pretty early after hours on the water and meeting the tour at 6 a.m. Wednesday morning it was a breakfast of scrambled eggs with chiriso and pancakes, with fresh bananas and oranges. Then 8 a.m. we were off to the boat again for our morning whale tour. No close up touching encounters that morning, but we saw so many astounding displays of whales, fins, tails, jumps and spins, we were all yelling in excitement. Trying to learn how to use the camera on my phone was a riot... I had to delete many video of the floor of the boat, my knees, Roger's shoes etc. But I did manage to get some great shots of the whale activites... now the challenge is to get those video on the blog. That may have to wait til next blog! Many things about how the camera/Picasso works are still a mystery to me. So we are still having adventures... and hope you are too! Happy trails...
We took an overnight tour to the Bay of Magdalena, north of Constitution. We were told there were many whales and "babies" in the bay. This trip is one of the items on "bucket list" of things I really wanted to do. We have seen PBS National Geographic films on these whales and the area. Our first outing was Tues afternoon. We went out for about 2 hours; 6 of us, our tour guide and the boatman. It was amazing! A large whale (Momma?) and 'baby' came right up to the boat. We were all able to touch a whale, get a face full of whale breath, and some of us wet from slapping, blowing whales! We were in the long inlet of the bay, which is about a mile across at it's widest point. We saw adults w/ babies, singles and some small groups of whales, many at very close range. Octavio, our guide took us out again just before sunset to bird island and up to the sand dunes. This was an added bonus to the regular tour schedule. Dinner that night was at the hotel, which is clean and very simple. But the dinner was excellent, lobster, grilled shrimp and a filet of halibut, plus rice and vegetables. We all crashed pretty early after hours on the water and meeting the tour at 6 a.m. Wednesday morning it was a breakfast of scrambled eggs with chiriso and pancakes, with fresh bananas and oranges. Then 8 a.m. we were off to the boat again for our morning whale tour. No close up touching encounters that morning, but we saw so many astounding displays of whales, fins, tails, jumps and spins, we were all yelling in excitement. Trying to learn how to use the camera on my phone was a riot... I had to delete many video of the floor of the boat, my knees, Roger's shoes etc. But I did manage to get some great shots of the whale activites... now the challenge is to get those video on the blog. That may have to wait til next blog! Many things about how the camera/Picasso works are still a mystery to me. So we are still having adventures... and hope you are too! Happy trails...
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