J Pod….where are you???  This morning’s trip took us north in whale search mode.  It took an hour to discover the whales were way up to the north, and out of our range, but we had a great cruise with lots of opportunity to see Bald eagles, Harbor seals, many sea birds and enjoyed the sunshine lighting up our way through the islands.

In the afternoon we headed back to the north and hoped that we would be able to spend time with J Pod …..knowing that they needed to make their way south to be in our range.  YES!  After a good hour of traveling we were able to see the fins cutting through the waters of Georgia Strait!  First we had two females foraging and traveling along.  Luckily, along came Princess Angeline, and her daughter and grand daughter!  The calf started breaching and breaching!  What fun!  Then the speed picked up and the whales started rocketing across the strait toward the Canadian Gulf Island shores.

By the time we needed to start back toward Friday Harbor, along came the rest of J Pod.  Granny, Ruffles, Mike, Riptide….to name a few.  It was almost as if we had to stop and wait on the Georgia Strait highway as each sub family took their time to pass by us.  What a wonderful afternoon out on the water….oh, and did I mention….it was sunny?  AND the water was flat and almost calm?

~ Nan