Whale Watching!

We spent two nights with Amy and Scott, and we did a whale watching tour while we were there. We were on these little zodiac boats so we had to wear these full dry suits in case anyone fell out. It was definitely a little big on Addi, but they were both glad to have them on when we were on the boat because it kept them warm. It was a fantastic trip. We say 4-5 different pods of transient orcas. We watched them play and forage some. No dramatic hunts or kills, but it was still very cool just watch them do their thing in the wild. They are beautiful animals. We also saw 3 different humpback whales, and two of them came right up to the boat as we were floating and watching them. They were swimming all around and under the boats and were SO MUCH bigger than the boats. It was so incredible to see how graceful these large creatures are in the water. They were doing a lot of swimming on their backs and flapping their fins in the water, it seemed to show off. We were in the Straight of Georgia right between Vancouver Island and the mainland of BC so it was also nice not to feel like you were out in the middle of the ocean. We could see land on both sides, even if still in the distance. Amy and Scott have a beautiful house where they can watch the whale spouts go by their dining room every day, and the girls had fun playing with their two dogs.