Gray Whales

Today we had our first trip out on the pangas (boats) for our swim test. While we were out we saw 6 gray whales ( 2 sets of mom and child and 1 set of adult whales ), 2 dolphins, lots of shore birds, and a pirate ship!?! or at least what looked like a pirate ship. Some of the whales were as close as 20-30 feet away. SO AWESOME!!!!

For my brother Dale, who inquired about the pollution near the center: the pollution comes from the fish cannery up the road and is over-nutrients not chemical, which I think just means that there is an abundance of bacteria and algae...and to get to the not polluted section you walk any where north of the cannery (about a mile).