Whale Watching Adventure

Since moving to Washington, Derek and I are always looking for new adventures. But there's one adventure in particular we've always wanted to do...go whale watching! Well, we finally got to have our adventure and boy, was it amazing!! We got up early Monday morning and drove to Anacortes, Washington, and then caught a ferry to Friday Harbor. It was a beautiful Monday and we were so excited that there were whales out to play, whales and friends that is. Hope you enjoy the pictures we managed to take, although I promise you, they do no justice to how amazing and gorgeous these creatures really are!


Coming into the beautiful San Juan Islands


Arriving at Friday Harbor, Washington


Look how adorable this place is!


Stopped for lunch at The Hungry Clam


Enjoying our lunch =)


Friday Harbor is the cutest town


All suited up!!


Our chariot to the whales


One of our first orca spottings, a mom and her baby.


Check out this orca and his tricks...this one's called, "going breach."


Splash landing in the water


Gorgeous Orca Whale


Okay, now it gets serious. This orca whale is coming right for us!


He's getting ready to dive under our boat!! Just so you know, I did not zoom this picture one bit =)

And sure enough, this 30 ft. long orca swam right under our boat (which is called "mugging"). It was amazing!!


He came up on the other side and continued on his way. I still can't believe we were that close to him! I'm so happy we were mugged by a whale, ha!

We saw a few other kinds of wild life on our tour.


Harbor seals playing in the water...they are so cute!


Then we spotted this stellar sea lion perched on his rock. Our guide said sea lions can be quite territorial and have been known to flip a kayak or two =)


Gorgeous!


Saw some adorable harbor seals pups doing a little sunbathing


Then we got to finish off our day with a gorgeous sunset on our ferry ride back to Anacortes. What a day!