Whale Watching.

I forgot to mention in the previous blog that we were able to go whale watching out of Fremantle, which is South of Perth. The humpback whales are migrating through Perth right now through November. The beginning was awesome. The swells were fairly large and the boat ride was fun for the kids. Then my stomach started to turn and I completely had to run to the bathroom as the boat was knocking me from side to side. When I returned, David was holding a barf bag as well as Gracie. It never entered my mind that Grace would get sick!! Poor little thing. Paul was juggling both of them and Emily was eating a snack just enjoying the ride. My friend Erin and her family went and she was throwing up and nursing her baby at the same time! The boat stopped as the whales were spotted. David was bound and determined to see the whales so he went on the upper deck with Paul and took his bag along with him. He was a trooper. I couldn't move and stayed below. We got very lucky because a mom and her calf were breeching just outside the window on the side of the boat I was sitting on. If you don't already know, breeching is when the whale dives deep and jumps completely out of the water. It was quite rare to see a mom and calf doing it together. It was really awesome even though we were sick. I wish I could have taken some pictures but we were very occupied and it was just too difficult. On the way back we were going with the ocean instead of against it so we were finally feeling much better. Apparently the day before it was like glass! Go figure. It was a rather unusually rough day at sea when we went. Next time we will take pills or something! It was well worth it though. Emily and Paul are meant to be at sea!

Today I actually saw a pod of whales out in the water from our house. The water was completley flat and a beautiful turqouise today. It was really pretty. The whales were pretty far out but it was still cool to see.
Living here I am reminded why I majored in Marine Biology. I do love everything about the ocean and love being so near it.