Finally Spring~the whales have returned!

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04-29-2009, 04:41 PM

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judee0624

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ahhhh...thanks! They should be headed our way in a couple of months.

judee

04-29-2009, 04:47 PM

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drivin*me*buggy

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They are AWESOME!!! Thank you for sharing them :)

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04-29-2009, 05:49 PM

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Alaskan lady

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Originally Posted by bearpaw

Very cool! It must be really something to see them in person!

Bearpaw, I'm still in awe of the whales and how graceful they are for their size. Never tire of watching them.

04-29-2009, 05:57 PM

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Thank you!! I love those photos!! Does it feel like they're coming home?

Yes! Every spring when you see the first spouts you just want to watch them for as long as you can(to heck with work). It's such a great feeling. I've been able to watch them since 1982. I also know when they leave in November that winter is around the corner. So for now we all just sit back and watch the show :-)

04-29-2009, 05:59 PM

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The Whales are beautiful! I love them! They are such a gracious animal and are spectactular amazing!! Lol. :D :D

04-29-2009, 06:53 PM

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estherblair

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Thank you so muchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

04-29-2009, 06:55 PM

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littlehud

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Beautiful. What great pics. We look for robins, you look for whales. :D :D

04-29-2009, 07:37 PM

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Beautiful. What great pics. We look for robins, you look for whales. :D :D

I looked for robins too when I was growing up in SW Minnesota :-) Now I look for eagles......They also return in the spring when the herring spawn. :wink:

04-29-2009, 08:15 PM

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BEAUTIFUL!!! I love the whales!!!
I used to work on a dinner cruise ship in Hawaii. Once in a while I would work the lunch cruise and get to see the whales. They are SO awesome!! Had a couple of them one day just swimming under and around the ship. Had to shut the engines down for about an hour until they were done "playing" and left. Somewhere I have some pictures of them. One layed on it's side and swam right next to the boat. Was too cool!!

Been there and done that with shutting down the engines and drifting.

The tourists would get mad if the cruise took longer than expected because of shutting the engines down. They would ask if there was something we could do to get the whales to leave. I would usually respond with....Oh, we would pick the most obnoxious customer and toss them in. lol
Yea, I know, mean, huh?
There was always a briefing that went on about the whales. Do's and Don'ts as to what we could do and couldn't do and it was always told that if the whale approached, we HAD to shut the engines down. Some people just don't listen.......

YOU ARE HILARIOUS TERRI :lol: :lol:

04-29-2009, 09:39 PM

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Thank you sooooo much for sharing these photos. So awe-inspiring. I took my first whale-watch cruise 2 years and it moved me so deeply and changed my life. sounds corny, but it's true. Something really wonderful about whales. I thank God for them.