Whale Watching on Maui - January 30, 2014

The first and last time I had the opportunity to go whale watching was about 8 years ago in Okinawa, Japan with James.  It was an amazing experience for me... once I got over the motion sickness of riding in a boat that is.  Unfortunately, we do not have any pictures of our own to show for it except for the ones we sent to Grandma & Grandpa Adkins all those years ago.

This time around, I was invited to go whale watching with the Clearview Christian Girls School that Tori (my host) runs here on Maui, through the Pacific Whale Foundation. Fortunately for us, the rain decided to let up for the day (since it's been raining almost non-stop the last week or so) to allow us to enjoy this whale watching experience. We were able to see a calf & it's mama, as well as two males competing for the attention of the females (at least that's what they told us), and a whale breach (but I only caught the splash at the end :(  since I was on the other side of the boat trying to look for other whales). Once the whale watch was over, we headed back to the harbor to grab a quick bite and then headed to a classroom where we had an educational session all about whales. All-in-all it was a good day, full of sunshine, water, and whales.

I wanted to be able to enjoy the experience so I only took a few photos but I hope you enjoy them. Hopefully James & I will have the opportunity to go whale watching together here (since the season is from November to May) and capture more photos to share with you all.

Leaving the Harbor

 



To learn more about the Pacific
Whale Foundation, please visit their website at the link below: http://www.pacificwhale.org/

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Mahalo!