Terry and Sussie Dance with the Dolphins!

May 24th was a cold and foggy morn as wet set out for Seward Alaska, but it wasn't going to dampen our trip for a moment. We were headed for a day filled with adventure! We left Anchorage at 7:30 in the morning and on our way out of town we did the McDonalds drive thru breakfast, so as not to temp fate with sea-sickness by eating a nice breakfast just before boarding our cruise vessel. Since neither one of us was to familiar with Renoun Tours, we had no idea of the size of the boat we would be on, so for now we'll call it a vessel.

We arrived in Seward an hour an a half before we needed to check in, so we had some time to stop for a little munchie after checking in, which we did! We were also the second two on the vessel, and keep in mind we were checking this tour out for the Citizen's Accademy Convention next spring. Remember we need a boat that can hold at the very least 225 people. We we got to our boat we guessed it could hold maybe 50! Thus the look on my face! (I was sporting my very official jacket for the occasion. )

Terry also took a shot of the Boat I beleive which I will also show later on. It was kind of funny because when we first left the dock, the skipper, of as he preferred to be called, Captain Leif, told us; we were going on "a three hour tour"! For those of you who are old enough to get that, pretty funny huh! Any way, after a year of driving for tourist, I learned that the more foggy the weather, the better the chances of actually seeing whales you have, so I was feeling fairly confident that we were going to see whales today. And guess what? What you say? Terry and I were the first to see the whales! What is our secret?

The secret is great eyes! You must have excellent eye sight! And since we were on the llok out we were the first to spot the whales! The problem with getting great pictures of them is you can only catch them for a split second, and then they are gone. I was mostly in charge of the camera at the time we spotted the whales, and being the tall person that I am, well lets just say that I got more pictures of arm pit than I did of the whales!

This is the tip of the whale's fin, It is rolled over so it is difficult to see very well. I think it is the only shot I have of a whale at all!

Below is a picture of some sea lions. According to Captain Leif, these big ol boys can weigh any where from 900 pounds to over 1800 pounds! Maybe they need to call Jenny Craig!