The Ultimate Adventure
Monday, September 12, 2011 at 6:22AM 
If you know K3 at all, you probably have some idea of what her ultimate best-possible-end-to-our-mother-daughter-adventure could be!
It started with little K3 dozing with her head on my shoulder. We were sitting on the upper deck with the sun beaming on us and smell of the ocean all around us. The boat was churning away toward the US and I was thinking of all the fun we'd had in Canada. And then...
The boat slowed down dramatically. There was a murmur on deck. People were looking at each other uneasily...Then... the boat engines stopped.
I knew instantly! I pushed K3 off my shoulder and reached for my camera as passengers began to yell "Whale"!
Our first glimpse was mostly the spout of water!
However, as we saw more of the whale, K3 announced with great authority "That's not an Orca! That's a humpback!"
We were stunned. No one expected to see a humpback in that area of Puget Sound, especially that close to land!
Unconcerned with his whereabouts, the whale continued to frolic next to the ferry!
At one point he even waved at us!
The splashes were amazing! The whale stayed next to the ferry for a good 10 minutes doing his thing! The captain of the vessel sacrificed his schedule to give all the passengers an opportunity to observe the whale. I swear, we were all tranfixed by his playfulness and his seeming willness to interact with us.
Finally, he was done. The last thing we saw was his tail as he left to go take care of whale business.
It was all K3 could talk about as the ferry resumed it's journey to shore. It totally made her weekend!
It was the best adventure ever!
AG out!
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Reader Comments (8)
So, so cool.
What a perfect ending to your mother/daughter trip!
What a fantastic surprise. I'm not sure I've ever seen a whale other than in an aquarium. Gotta get out your way soon. And convince a Blog Fest Blister or two or three to join me!
That is just so frickin' cool!! I know that was the highlight of K3's trip!
OMG!!! I love this! They are such amazing animals. Took 50 bazillion pictures of them a few years ago and got nothing so amazing. #whaleenvy #cameraenvy
What a wonderful addition to your adventure! That ferry captain is a good, good man and is smart enough to show such respect to Earth's creatures. Nice whale shots, by the way! When I was in Alaska, I was never fast enough with my camera to catch the whales!
At least no one yelled SHARK
Atta girl/blogger! Thanks so much for sharing the shots. I hope K-3 was as excited as I would have been. Excellent captures! I noticed that on several nights worth of news they were talking about all the sightings & was hoping they were coming your way!
Definitely something you wouldn't see out here in the wilds of West Texas, unless it's in fossil form.
;-)