Last weekend we were lucky enough to have a nice 4 day family getaway. My cousin Sarah was having a baby shower so originally we were going for the shower. When hubby's project at work got cancelled it turned into the perfect opportunity for him to take a few days off.
It was a cold weekend in Monterey. In fact, I think it was actually warmer back at home in the Sierras. We thought it would be fun to take the girls on a whale watching trip. The current migration through that area are grey whales. Of course before you book the trip they don't really tell you that the whales are in between migrating up and down the coast. They told us once we were on the boat.
It was a blistery cold and windy day at sea. At first we took cover inside with the girls. Of course hubby wanted to be outside rather quick so he took KK out with him. Aly wanted to stay inside. Within minutes I was feeling sea sick due to the choppy waters. I had to go sit outside and held KK tight to me as hubby took Aly. KK fell asleep within minutes.
Shortly after we began spotting whale spouts. Since KK was asleep on me I could only see what was in view on the right back half on the boat. So I only saw one spout. Hubby and Aly on the other hand saw a few and were even lucky enough to see a mommy and baby spout. They never saw any tails and only saw the top part of their body.
Apparently, that was the first day the whales were migrating back up the coast to Alaska. So we were lucky enough to see some of those spouts. In previous days other boat trips weren't as lucky.
Hubby and I were spoiled though from a trip to Hawaii early in our relationship. We saw so many whales right next to the boat in clear water. We could see their whole bodies and saw their tales flip in the water as well. So for us being so spoiled the Monterey trip was pretty boring. KK never saw anything but birds and otters. although she was so funny because when she was awake she kept pointing and shouting, "Look, I saw a whale!" It was too cute.
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