Whale Watching

Jeff and I have both lived in San Diego for over 10 years and have never gone on a whale watching boat ride.  This year we went with Grandma and Grandpa on a 3.5 hour Flagship trip.  The Pacific was really peaceful and calm and the weather perfect.  We saw two pairs of Gray Whales, dolphins, and sea lions.  The boat was at 1/3 capacity so we had a lot of room to move around on both decks and great seats when we wanted to sit.  The Birch Aquarium naturalist guides were very informative on all the animals, but also about the Navy bases we passed getting out to the open water - past Point Loma sub base and there was a submarine in the dry dock, the 'bat' research vessel constructed in the 1950s and still in use where in one end sea water is let in so that it floats quietly and vertically in the water.  It was a great day!