Whale Watching Supplement: Francisco's Photos

Well, Francisco came through: he emailed us his pictures for our whale-watching tour, and they are good.  Here, I will just post pictures and offer captions.

On his way down the hill, Francisco was able to take a long shot of the beach from which we took off.  Would you believe it, the humpback whale migration goes right by the peninsula that looks like a whale's tail.  Can you see it? 

Getting ready on the beach.

Our crew: Mariola, Francisco, and the DeStefanos.  And onto the boat we go:

And we're off.

From boats like these, we saw things like this:

(Mama's mouth.)  And like these:

See this last one: blowhole spray.  What do you think?

Charlie was impressed.

Kiefer too, impressed and wet.

Scout was not so sure.

Or maybe she sensed something else coming.

Look back at the blowhole picture again.  See the gathering storm?

Well, it put an end to the tour (and needless to say, to our taking pictures).

Thanks, Francisco.