Whale's tales

Things are busy here. I'm busy with school. I'm busy with PFPM. I'm busy with lacrosse. But things aren't quite busy enough. I don't know.

This weekend I had an amazing experience with my cousin Jen, whale watching! We drove up into the San Juan Islands (Well we drove to Anacortta and took a ferry to the islands) and it was simply amazing. Once we got there, we went to our campsite, which Jen had chosen for us. It was called "Glamping." Basically, we were in this great big canvas structured tent that had a bed and a futon. It was so much fun, though there were some gigantic spiders that kept it real. Then we headed out to watch for whales. We got these big suits to protect us from the spray and keep us warm, but also to help us float should we go overboard. Jen, Paige and I chose the front row, or the "Cowboy" seats as our guide explained. We zoomed out into the water, and I was on an intense creature watch. Those stupid bull whip kelps really tripped me up a lot. We ended up going really quite far, not stopping for anything. We finally arrived by Port Angeles (omg twilight ahha) and found 4 humpback whales. They were apparently originally swimming together and then split up. So we first watched the momma and the baby. They were pretty cute, I must admit. Then we left the other whale watching boats to pursue the second pair. Those two were fun! And then they swam around us and under the boat which was so so cool. They were gigantic! I absolutely loved it.

The next morning we woke up to the pleasant, relaxing sound of rain pounding down on our tent. We were all surprised when we left for the mess tent that it was a light rain, not the downpour we were expecting. Then we wandered around the island, making a fragrant stop at a lavender farm, and an interesting time in a whale museum. Whales are so cool.

Now I'm back at school. Things are really picking up. I have my first exam this week, and my first wine tasting for class. 

Ooh, I've created a bucket list for the NW. You know, things I want to do before I vacate the region. I'm really excited about it. There are some really cool things on there, like Climb Mt. St. Helens. Expect more to come on all the exciting things on the list.