Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Rest of vacation on Cape Cod!

AWESOME VACATION - WEATHER WAS GREAT - BEACHES WERE AWESOME - WHALE WATCH FANTASTIC!

I DID MANAGE TO GET SOME KNITTING DONE.  I FINISHED 2 CROCHETED MARKET BAGS - NICE AND EASY TO DO - VERY QUICK ALSO!  GOOD BEACH PROJECT.  I SPEND A LOT OF TIME PEOPLE AND WAVE  WATCHING SO NEED AND EASY PROJECT!
THE WAVES WERE AWESOME!  I AM NOT A STRONG SWIMMER BUT LOVE TO SIT ON THE BEACH AND LISTEN TO THE WAVES.  THE WERE ROARING ALL WEEK.  HURRICANE BERTHA WAS OFF THE COAST AND IT WAS A FULL MOON DURING THE WEEK SO THE WAVES WERE HUGE!  BF DID BOOGIE BOARD THE FIRST FEW DAYS BUT OUR LAST DAY THERE NO ONE WAS BRAVING THE WAVES - THEY WERE TOO DANGEROUS.  BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH!
WE WENT ON A SUNSET WHALE WATCH AND IT WAS FANTASTIC!  WE SAW SO MANY HUMPBACK WHALES - THEY WERE ALL AROUND US FEEDING.  YOU USUALLY HAVE TO GO OUT ABOUT AN HOUR FROM THE HARBOR BUT WE WERE ONLY OUT ABOUT 20 MINUTES WHEN WE FOUND THEM!  WE COULD STILL SEE THE SHORE! 
THEY WERE ROLLING AROUND IN THE WATER, SLAPPING THEIR TALES TO SCARE THE FISH AND COMING UP FROM UNDER THE FISH TO CATCH THEM - IT WAS AWESOME.  I WILL TRY TO UPLOAD A VIDEO OF THEM LATER. 

NOT THE BEST PICTURE BUT THIS WAS OUR VIEW ON THE WAY BACK IN TO THE HARBOR AFTER WATCHING THE WHALES FEED FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS!
WE HAD A GREAT TIME.  HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AGAIN SOON!

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