Whales and weather are fabulous lately!  The Southern Residents spent last Thursday and Friday circling around their usual territory here in the San Juan Islands.  Both J and K pods transited Haro Strait heading north on Thursday afternoon, and then on Friday we had J pod almost all to ourselves headed south.

The amazing thing is to realize you are in short pants and a t-shirt and NOT cold!  No gloves, hats or socks on these trips!  And it appears the weather will hold through the weekend.

Heading south both days we got to see lots of Harbor seals and the Steller sealions too.  The birds are changing into “winter clothes”…or feathers, so it’s interesting when you realize which bird you have in sight.  That’s the thing about nature and “wild-ness”…things are always, always changing.  So, I’ll keep my gloves, hat and socks handy…right in my backpack!