Whale Watching

 Well today was absolutely beautiful it was 73°, zero wind, and 36% humidity. It doesn't get much better than that. Everyone keeps telling me it rains everyday and that I live in a rain forest. But so far I've had really nice weather.

I helped the Boss fuel the new boat which is 1200 HP so it doesn't drive by very many fuel docks without getting fuel. Then I had two trips. We saw a bunch of Whales! So I took some pictures.


This is what my passengers see! I actually saw that breach one of my guests took this photo.

This is what I see as boat captain!



This is my view from the cockpit-- this is what I  look at all day long. The purple humpback whale is from New Jersey. I think the red whale in the first picture has a wedgie!



That is the Chilkat Mountain Range. I need a better camera. The picture doesn't do it justice.


We had another 20 foot tide yesterday.

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