July 24th
Three K Pod whales and 19 L Pod whales came in from the north...
It usually takes a couple days to get down here and we have no idea what they will do. On July 24th the whales had been coming down but were not seen by anyone until about 4pm...
...it would take until almost dark...would they make it to the lighthouse before darkness set in?
...July 25th
...they were here but, once again not seen right off, giving them a bit more quiet time...
...the whales stayed off the south end of the island and eventually went up San Juan Channel...I wondered if they would continue or if they would flip and come back south...they've done that multiple times in the past...
...well they did...and since I hadn't seen them all day off I headed to Cattle Pass hoping to get there before they came down...
...the pass can have some very strong current and when they came down and into the more narrow section of the pass they were going backwards due to that current...they looked like they were in a jacuzzi!
...it took a while and then they worked their way across toward San Juan Island and out of that strong current and you could see clearly how their travel changed...
...it's often a fun place to watch the whales from!
...when will they be here?
...hopefully when there is enough salmon to eat.
...in the meantime...I'll be trying to figure out what Blogger did...cause they changed their format...
