that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly,
after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind:
and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:21 GSB
1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature God saw that [it was] good. ~Whale watching in San Juan Islands, Sunday July 2, 2006~
Since we did not go whale watching in Alaska, we decided to go to the San Juan Islands. Brent the Natualist on the ship said there were several resident pods off the SJ Islands. We were able to see "K" Pod which has around 20 members.
We arrived to check in at 7 am and out hotel made our reservation. There was pleny of room and the whole boat was filled. We had salmon, bagels and cream cheese and coffee for breakfast. First we went to Friday Harbor to drop off people. It was a 3 hour trip and we saw lots of birds on the way inclduing eagles.
After we dropped the people off we headed northeast and we saw K Pod by the Stuart Islands. It was so exciting! According to the naturalist on the Cliiper, Raven(K28, 12yrs) gave birth to K39 about 3 weeks before. The orcas were in "sleep mode" So they did not jump out of the water.
After the whale watching trip, we headed to Friday Island.
Jr and Susie on Friday Island.
After leaving Friday Harbor we got to see these Harbor seals.
Naturalist Brent explained the difference between the
harbor seals and sea lions. Sea lions perform at Sea Parks.
This poster was on the Clipper
They had some at the Whale Museum at Friday Harbor
~Friday Harbor, San Juan Islands~
~Whale Museum, Friday Harbor~
~Alaska Whale Foundation~
~San Juan Islands~
~Victoria Clipper~