September 29, 2006

What a wonderfully fall afternoon trip we had today! We had beautiful sunshine as we headed out of the harbour towards Race Rocks. Just before we reached our destination we entered a thick fog bank that was moving in from the Juan de Fuca Strait (see photos below). The lighthouse at Race Rocks loomed through the fog while we visited the seals and sea lions. Next we went over to an area off of Trial Island where there were two humpback whales swimming around. Amazing! The smaller of the two humpbacks was splashing around, doing very large tail lobs and swimming upside down. It was the most interesting humpback behaviour that we have seen this season so far! After watching the whales for quite some time, we headed back into the sunshine toward the harbour with satisfied grins.