Best Vacation Ever ~ Part 7 ~ The End!

Our last part of the trip (besides traveling home) was to go Whale Watching.

We set off on an all day excursion. We knew there was a possibility that we would pay all the money, get out on the ocean, and not see any whales. So we prayed as a family that we would be able to see whales on our trip.

Before leaving one of the guides told us that the week before they had seen about 20 whales and that was a lot. They didn't know if our luck would hold out again.

We left and had some rough seas at first. Charlie was feeling a little queezy and Nate and Resa both lost their lunch once. But then it seemed to go well. We saw dolphins come and play up next to the boat and jump and play on the wakes the boat made. We also saw sea lions and other sea life. About 4 1/2 hours into our trip, we hit the jackpot. We were surrounded by about 50 hump back whales that were all surface feeding. The boats crew said they had been doing this for about 20 years and had never seen that many whales in one place. We even got to see 7 blue whales.

It was such an amazing experience. The kids (even before seeing the whales) said, "This is better than Disneyland"!

Friday we headed for Albuquerque, NM. We stayed over night and then made our last leg of the trip home. We stopped and met some friends in Amarillo, TX. We went to Cadilac Ranch (a place where someone planted a bunch of cars in a row and you can go and spray paint or mark on them).

Then we went to lunch at Applebee's. It was great to see friends and have a little break from the car.

Thanks to everyone who helped make our trip amazing. We miss you all already!

Comments

[cherie]

wow! looks like an amazing trip, Tara! and the whale watching...awesome.

[Lisa]

So cool!!! What an awesome day!!