We have had a very wet winter and spring but today it was absolutely beautiful! The sun was out and it was nice and warm for this time of year (about 70) so we decided it would be a great day to go whale watching again. We took Vickie and Willis with us and had a very successful day relaxing on the water, enjoying the sunshine and looking for whales.
The whales were just off Hat Island again so we didn't get to do much cruising before we were right where the whale tour boats hang out. Since it was a sunny day we were able to spend most of our time up on the fly bridge and had a chance to discover just how glad we are to have that feature on this boat. It's the perfect place to see all around us in every direction and Bob is able to visit with the rest of us while still piloting the boat.
We think we saw two different whales and they were quite happy to show us their flukes. I took about 120 pictures trying to capture that one really terrific shot. I still haven't gotten that one but I did get some of the fluke and we have proof we saw them!
As we headed back to Everett, I got a nice picture of the Cascade Mountains.
The Everett Naval Base is at the entrance to the Everett Marina and we could hear the many sea lions barking as they relaxed on the submarine net surrounding the base.
It was another wonderful day of boating. Today made me very excited for the coming summer months to do a lot more boating. It's fun in any weather but sunny days are definitely a plus!
