Whale watching pics!!

Hubby and I went to the coast for our 19th anniversary this last weekend and went out on a  whale watching cruise! 

First off, let me say that it was quite an experience!! The northern California coast is very cold and the water is very choppy. We were on a small boat and the swells were 6 feet high so we got tossed around quite a bit.

Here's a picture of the marina at Monterey Bay



Here's a fishing boat with some sea lions in front of it as we were heading out....

Local birds catching some sun!

Now, we are heading out to sea.....  see the land in the distance

And further out, you can still see the shadow of land in the distance.

And even further out (We sailed out for over an hour!) No land in sight!

We finally spot a whale!

Yea.. .see the whale's tale!!  It was very hard to get pictures because the boat was rocking so much! We also saw a school of dolphins!!!  They were my favorite. They bow-rode the ship, which means they gathered on either side of the bow and kept up with the ship's speed, swimming along and leaping out of the sea. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of them.. but it was so COOL!

The happy couple!!

The ship's wake





Heading back now... we found this buoy inhabited by Sea Lions!



Finally back on land!! The beaches in California are gorgeous! But notice no one is actually in the water. That's because it's FREEZING!


We had a wonderful time!