Captain, Thar Be Whales Here!
This is going to be a “reverse order” story, because the end of our day was so exciting! While sunrise was spectacular, and sunset was pretty, too, the whales were about the coolest thing going.
That, folks, is a Finback Whale. It’s called a Finback because it has a fin on its back. And we saw easily 8 different Finbacks on our whale watching trip. All I can say is that seeing the whales pop up, “blow” and dive is one of the most amazing things you’ll ever want to see on this Earth.
There’s a group of three in this picture. To the far left is one just surfacing and beginning its blow, one on the surface in the middle, and one that’s just diving down on the right.
To see the whales, we went out between 25 and 30 miles, out to a lighthouse and island that is owned by Allied Whale, a cetacean study organization, and then up into the mouth of the Bay of Fundy on this 112ft long, 
water-jet propelled catamaran. I lost track of how many whale, seal and porpoise sightings there were on the trip. It was worth every penny! More information on this adventure can be found here.
 Very cool stuff, and the highlight of our day yesterday.Â
We also poked around the national park loop a little bit, and, after playing with a very friendly seagull, found our way to Thunder Hole, but much later than high tide. The Thunder Hole area is still an interesting place to take pictures, because of the cool rock formations.
After our sunrise trip, we spent some time in the ”Wild Gardens” looking for birds. We heard a bunch, but never saw anything more than the occasional Chickadee. I did get some neat pictures, though, which you can see on the flickr stream, along with more whale pictures and other pictures from the trip.Â
Realy enjoying your daily post along with the photos……………keep um comin.