Thursday, February 19, 2009

WHALE WATCHING!!!

Last weekend Bryton, Jason, and I went on a whale watching tour.
The boat was nicer than I had expected. There was a spacious indoor area, a wide bow and a very big top deck area to watch the whales from.
We spent our time on the top. I was very surprised to see whales nearly right off. Although none of them jumped with their heads out we did see their backs, their blow holes spraying out water and their big back fins! It was really cool! I don't mean to brag but Jason and I were definitely the ones to see the whales first 7 out of 10 times (because we're awesome).
It was an awesome experience and we all really enjoyed it!
3 days later we got a call from a different tour group saying we had won whale watching tickets! So instead of going two weeks in a row we just gave them to friends of ours.
Then the tour got canceled due to inclement weather, and those friends would not be on the island for the reschedule date. So, we asked another family, then another, then another! For one reason or another we could not find anyone to take these free tickets. So I sent out a mass email to my branch (ward) and finally found a family to take them.
Although the weather was worse than when they canceled before, the tour was still on and they had a great time! I am so glad!