Whale Watching

We boarded the Ocean Obsession at 1:30 for our whale watching, lobster trapping cruise.

There were about 30 people aboard and we headed for "The Old Sow" whirlpool.
http://www.oldsowwhirlpool.com   It was funny we were watching TV a couple of weeks ago and they had a program about it. It is more or less aggressive depending upon the time of the day (tide) and cycle of the moon. It wasn't too impressive when we were riding through it, but you could see it.

 After heading south from The Old Sow we turned around and headed north towards the end of Wilson's Beach and the lighthouse on Campobello Island.

There were these triangle markers on all the points of land that stood out along the coast.

 This is the Head Harbor Lighthouse on the northern tip of Campobello Island. When we were on the West side of it it looked like this.... The weather was clear and cool, but as soon as we went around to the other side of the lighthouse and harbor it looked like this.

  The fog was so dense we could hardly see the lighthouse. The wind was very cold. You can understand now why these lighthouses were so important. It was like night and day within just a few minutes.

 You certainly couldn't do any whale watching here although we did see an eagle before getting into the fog.

 As we headed back out near Indian Island and Cummings Cove we spotted seals, one which was perched on a rock in the water.

 We also had several whale sightings and some porpoises ran along with us. The crew of the boat had names for the whales since the whales seemed to hang out in the waters in this area, Gonzo was one name I remember. I tried hard to get pictures, but by the time I saw the whale come out of the water and aimed my camera he was gone. I did get some video, but they are too long to post here.

 On the way back they pulled a couple of lobster traps and talked about the process and how difficult it is for lobster men to get trained and a license to trap lobster. No wonder the prices are so high. There was one little boy about 5 yrs old that was terrified of the live lobster they pulled out of the trap. They do look pretty scary.

After the cruise we headed back to the car and then home. We spotted a couple of girls fishing on the dock. I guess even Mennonite girls like to fish.