Whale Watching

Sunday we intended to be up and out and either at the beach or science centre in the morning. That didn't happen. We slept in instead! I was exhausted after the drive and late night so it was very needed.
In the afternoon, we drove down to Long Beach to go whale watching. We didn't get much time to look around the area before getting on the boat but it looked fun. There were some cute little building. I would have liked to spend a bit more time there. Maybe next time I am in LA.

Lighthouse

Along Long Beach Marina

Long beach

Music theatre 

Once we got on the boat, we grabbed some seats and some drinks. Though I had to drink my wine quickly when the boat started off as it was a little windy and rocky.

Enjoying a drink on the boat

While still warm

Trying to keep my top down - breezy!

Once out of the harbor, we found a pod of common dolphins.

Dolphin!

Momma and baby!

After watching the dolphins for a while, we moved off to find doe whales. We didn't see any Blue whales, which were the ones we were looking for but we did see some (or maybe just one moving about a lot) fin Whales. They are the second largest animal on the planet and still cool.

Always see the spurt first

Diving down

Most of my photos are of the whales back as it dove under. But I was so excited I managed to get a picture of its face. They are odd looking whales. But you can see the mouth and blow hole.

Fin whale just coming up

We were hoping to see a tail flick. But apparently it is rare so see them with Fin whales as they are so big, it is usually just too much enough to flick their tail up. So I need to go see humpback whales so see the tail flick. 

We were really lucky with the weather (given the last few days). It was cold enough with the wind and we were very glad we had brought our jackets with us.

Sunny ride

Crane ride

When we got home we celebrated seeing whales by opening the $75 bottle of wine (it really was worth every cent) and a selection of cheeses followed by the chocolates form last weekend. So good!

Yummy dinner!