Map by Ben and Liam

Thursday, March 3, 2011

More Photos of Whales




There were whales everywhere we looked, most traveling in mother calf pairs. Absolutely amazing. We had a Mother go under our boat and lift it slightly out of the water; too close for my comfort. I was very worried the baby was going to get hit by the propellor. The boys kept getting sprayed by the whales spouting right under the bow of the boat. Nobody fed the whales to attract them. As 'Wild Bird Song' (one of our boat companions) said in her quiet, slow voice, "The whales choose to come to the boats."
The road out to the whales was about 50 nightmarish kilometers. Washerboard ruts interspersed with sand drifts that scraped the bottom of the car. Bob made me drive the return trip to town as I had so many ideas (very good ones I think) on how he should manage the road trip out there. I tried to reflect Wild Bird Song's inner peace. It worked until the boys started using their water bottles as machine guns in the back seat.
I'll try and upload a movie of the whales tonight. Bob has to edit it to a manageable size.

4 comments:

  1. Sure looks different than the time we went to Guerro Negro but the drive sounds the same. Could you hear the whales "talking" to each other?

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  2. The whales were completely silent except for the almost costant of whoosh out of their blow holes. i asked our boat driver if anyone had put microphones inthe water to listen to them, and he did say that they talked to each other. (?)

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  3. What a wonderful day you had. The video was especially impressive because you could see the entire enormous animal passing through the water, instead of a snapshot of just one view. Lucky for them and for us that technology moved on to natural gas and electrical light bulbs.
    GDad

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  4. I just logged on after an intense week of school to catch up with your journey. San Ignacio...what a fabulous experience for the boys!!! They will never forget the whale encounter, and hopefully, seek out more. Was the breath coming out of their blowholes stinky/fishy smelling? That's what I notice about whales. It's so cool that they came close enough to your boat for the boys to touch them. The weather looks beautiful down there! Warming up a little here...finally! Kirsten

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