Taking a mid morning nap

 Today on my morning trip I saw my first sleeping whale. It wasn't that exciting he didn't do much. So the basic schedule of the Northern Pacific humpback whale is... they come to Alaska to eat. They don't socialize or hangout with each other all they care about is the krill buffet. They eat about 20 hours a day so to see the sleeping whale is rare. They surface and shut down most of their brain except a small part to remember to breathe once every 5 minutes or so. They look like a huge log. The rest of the time they will dive for about 10 minutes and eat as ma many small krill plankton and small herring as possible. A whales throat isn't large enough to eat a big fish. They are trying to eat around a ton of food a day. 

Once they leave  and Juneau, AK 90% go to Hawaii and 10% go to the Baja/Mexico. They don't eat in the warm waters -- they socialize, hang out, and have their calves. They will lose a third of their weight during the trip. When they leave Alaska they will weigh about a ton per foot. 45 foot whale 90,000 pounds. They get up to 55 feet.

This is a blown up screen shot of the sleeping whale. I kept my distance I didn't want to wake him/her

The Sea Lions like to have their picture taken too.

Another low Tide. I wouldn't want to be in those first slips.

"Alaskan": One of the boats I drive.