A whale of a time!

Tuan on the ride out to the bay. The smile says it all.

There were enough people in our group to require two pangas (small boats built in Baja). That’s the other half of our group.

Sea lions on a buoy. Cool stuff.

J Brandon says hello to a mama California gray whale. You can’t see it in these photos, but these mature whales are twice the size of the boats!

James and Robert saying hello to a whale.

Speak no evil, hear no evil, see no evil…

This is known as spy hopping, when the whales rise up vertically out of the water to check their surroundings. We saw this repeatedly today, as the whales were looking at us. It was amazing.

A baby California gray whale. They are literally pushed up to the boats by their mothers (you can see the mama below the baby in this photo).

Nostrils and barnacles on a mature whale.

A whale nose and barnacles. The barnacles are living things. If you touch them, they close. It was interesting.

Pat, Dan, and Robert photographing the whales.

Rob saying hello to Mom and her calf.

Rob makes a new friend.

Once we were back in town we went over to Tony’s truck for fish tacos.  Here’s a cool shot of Pat standing in line waiting for one of Tony’s famous specialties. Wow, were those tacos ever good!

Tuan, me, J, and Rob. Good times.

With Tony, fish taco chef extraordinaire!

The only motorcycle shop in Guerrero Negro.

Manuel, the moto shop proprietor.

Enjoying ice cream on a walk through Guerrero Negro.