The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
Saturday, August 23, 2014
A close encounter of the whale kind
A kayaker in Monterey Bay had an unexpected and very close encounter with a humpback whale. Her astonishment is very vocally expressed . . . not that I blame her!
Any closer and she'd have been washed out of the kayak!
That whale knew exactly what it was doing, it saw them and just wanted a closer look. They are social animals and see nothing wrong with a close encounter.
And COLD. IIRC, summer water temps are about 54*F in that Bay. Makes SCUBA diving "brisk".
Whoa! Earthquake! Had to wait for it to stop, so I could finish typing. Twenty seconds of gentle rolling. Well, smooth, anyway. (San Jose/East Bay area)
LOL, now THAT would have been funny!
ReplyDeleteThat whale knew exactly what it was doing, it saw them and just wanted a closer look. They are social animals and see nothing wrong with a close encounter.
ReplyDeleteThat is just COOL!!
ReplyDeleteAnd COLD. IIRC, summer water temps are about 54*F in that Bay. Makes SCUBA diving "brisk".
ReplyDeleteWhoa! Earthquake! Had to wait for it to stop, so I could finish typing. Twenty seconds of gentle rolling. Well, smooth, anyway. (San Jose/East Bay area)
Never had a whale visit us when were kayaking out of Monterey, but the otters and the occasional dolphin would check us out.
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