US trip - day 6 - Whales

[nwhyte]

The tasks for the day seemed simple: return the hire car from yesterday's journey, and then go whale-watching with Boston Harbor Cruises. The first bit was achieved with no difficulty, but the bloody useless Boston Harbor Cruises had booked us on the 10 am sailing rather than the noon one, and then cancelled the noon trip, and of course I found out

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[strange_complex]

They're very lucky kids, and I'm glad you were all able to see your whales in the end.

[pocketnaomi]

There is something magical about the great whales, isn't there? We saw many of them in Alaska a few years ago, but the moment that stands out for me was the evening we had dinner by a window in the ship's alternative restaurant... it was late, but it was Alaska in summer so it was still light outside, and a single humpback surfaced right outside our window. We were delighted, watched it rise and descend, and then went back to our meal. It came up again about three minutes later, still right next to us. That whale shadowed out ship, just outside our window, for more than half an hour, following us throughout our dinner, and finally turned off and went away with a last show of its flukes. It was incredible.