out at sea

We headed out for a fun adventure one beautiful Saturday afternoon in January to Dana Point for a whale watching excursion.  

While we waited to board the boat these two thought it would be a good time to work their modeling skills.  Umm, yeah...must be Derek's kids :)

The kids also took turns with my camera taking some photos of their own.  Love this shot Megan got of Emily.

Then it was onto the boat and out on the ocean.  What a beautiful day we had although it was a bit cold. And yes I realize all you folks residing in the frozen parts of the US are rolling your eyes as you read this but for us Californians the ocean air combined with the wind whipping us from the speed of the boat made us a little chilly (sun shining or not)

The last half hour of our 2 hour trip we finally spotted a whale and enjoyed watching it the rest of the trip.  I wont bore you with all the pictures (that are mostly water with a small glimpse of whale body) but here is on of the little guys back end.

just look away derek

So I believe I have mentioned my sordid past before - Greenpeace, love of whales, etc.  Derek tries to ignore my Save the Whales past but I love to bring it up constantly to remind him that he married such a radical (yea, right)

Well, now he gets to hear about it even more often because of my new love...Whale Wars.

The show is about a crew of whale lovin' crazies sailing the Antarctic Ocean in search of Japanese whalers.  Once the whalers are found the Sea Shepherd crew totally messes with the Japanese crews and my Free Willy insides bubble over with giddyness.  Honestly, I love watching the chaos - stink bombs, trash talking, men overboard, and more.  

If you want to have some idea of how crazy some of these folks are look no further then the Captain of the ship.  He is one of the co-founders of Greenpeace but after so many years was voted out with a vote of 10 to 1, his vote being the dissenting vote.  If Greenpeace thinks you are too radical you  must be in the running for the mayor of crazy town.

All craziness aside, I do love that they are saving the whales.  Derek on the other hand...I'm guessing he is indifferent.  His comment to me, "When can we watch a show called Cow Wars?"