For Christmas, Chris and Aimee gave us a fun day of whale watching in San Diego!
The weather has been perfect all week so we decided to make reservations while the kids are still out of school and the weather stays nice. We have gone on this tour before, but it was freezing last time. Today was perfect and we were all ready to board the boat.
Allison was on board quickly and maneuvered her way into side benches for a great view.
We left the port at 1:30 for our 3 hour bay and ocean tour. Taylor was feeling a little uneasy after getting sea sick on our cruise this summer, but I was hoping the Dramamine and sea bands would work!
Allison was "Miss Observant" and loved seeing all of the speedboats, sailboats, birds and other creatures on our trip out to the ocean.
Beautiful view of Cabrillo and Point Loma...the southwestern most tip of the continental United States.
Such a beautiful vessel.
Up close and personal with the sea lions.
I think the Dramamine got the best of Taylor and she was a little sleepy on the boat ride out to the ocean. Luckily, we were able to wake her up and get some food in her belly before we began seeing the whales!
Allison loved talking with the Scripps docent and telling her all about the bubble net feeding we saw in Alaska.
Soon enough, we spotted the first blow and our first whale!
We even got a shot of its fluke!
We saw 2 or 3 swimming at a time and followed them for a few minutes.
We also spotted lots of dolphins and sea lions while searching for the whales.
San Diego City Skyline
On our way back, we made several stops along the shore to look at sea lions and some of the military subs and equipment stationed at Fort Rosecrans and Coronado.
This Coast Guard ship was just leaving the port as we were coming in.
We had a great family day at sea and thank the Boenig's for the fun gift!!
The weather has been perfect all week so we decided to make reservations while the kids are still out of school and the weather stays nice. We have gone on this tour before, but it was freezing last time. Today was perfect and we were all ready to board the boat.
Allison was on board quickly and maneuvered her way into side benches for a great view.
We left the port at 1:30 for our 3 hour bay and ocean tour. Taylor was feeling a little uneasy after getting sea sick on our cruise this summer, but I was hoping the Dramamine and sea bands would work!
Allison was "Miss Observant" and loved seeing all of the speedboats, sailboats, birds and other creatures on our trip out to the ocean.
Beautiful view of Cabrillo and Point Loma...the southwestern most tip of the continental United States.
Such a beautiful vessel.
Up close and personal with the sea lions.
I think the Dramamine got the best of Taylor and she was a little sleepy on the boat ride out to the ocean. Luckily, we were able to wake her up and get some food in her belly before we began seeing the whales!
Allison loved talking with the Scripps docent and telling her all about the bubble net feeding we saw in Alaska.
Soon enough, we spotted the first blow and our first whale!
We even got a shot of its fluke!
We saw 2 or 3 swimming at a time and followed them for a few minutes.
We also spotted lots of dolphins and sea lions while searching for the whales.
San Diego City Skyline
On our way back, we made several stops along the shore to look at sea lions and some of the military subs and equipment stationed at Fort Rosecrans and Coronado.
This Coast Guard ship was just leaving the port as we were coming in.
We had a great family day at sea and thank the Boenig's for the fun gift!!
