Well, Mother Nature must have had some wind leftover from the winter spoiling in the pantry, so she decided to use it up today.  Fortunately for us, by the time we got out to the west side of San Juan to view the whales, the winds had abated somewhat and the seas were fairly calm.  Just in time to see our wonderful whales of J-Pod.  We thought we only had one or two whales near Kellett Bluff and so we waited to see who else might be around when suddenly the waters fairly sprouted 8-10 more whales that had been on a long dive!  J1 Ruffles was once again leading the pack, right next to J2 Granny (what a good son!)  We also saw J19 and her calf, J30 (a sprouter male that is getting huge!), J27 Blackberry, J8 Speiden (with her small dorsal fin and very distinctive blow!)  The whales didn’t seem to be in much of a hurry, and spent their time searching the tidal rips for something to munch on, and play around with each other.  Soon we found ourselves just north of the Turn Point Lighthouse in the very cool upwellings, and we waited for the whales to arrive.  And waited. And waited.  And as I like to say on the boat, patience is usually rewarded, and boy was it!  The whales had been fairly spread out before the lighthouse, and maybe it was the strong currents, but soon we had 12-15 whales coming up in a large group!  A few cartwheels (by the whales, not the naturalists) were followed by some huge pectoral fin slaps by none other than J1 Ruffles!  And then little J45 decided he’d show Ruffles how to do some pretty impressive breaches (4 of them to be exact)–full height followed by a landing on the belly!  It was the perfect ending to a picture-perfect summer day.