WHALE!
One of the many incredible shots of the Orca whales we saw on our whale watch. One came right at us and dove underneath the boat! And, showing off my knew knowledge of Orcas, I can tell you that the one on the right is a male (the long dorsal fin) and the two on the left are both female… however, the one in the distance may not be female… hard to tell….
-Graham
WE’RE FINALLY AT ORCAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And we celebrate it by plunging into icy cold water at the cove near our house. The insane people went first (Paul, Walker, Wendy, Liz, and Nog ((the new name for Big Liz)) ) and then the utterly sane and sensible people went last (Emma and me).
-Graham
“Can I use your geyser’s phone for a sec?” -Napolian Dynamite
So we saw some water shoot out of the ground at the proper time, and we saw a herd of bison, sure, and then there was that deer crossing the road with her fawns. Okay, and then we did see one breathtaking landscape after another, and those dumb elk and mule deer and grizzly bears and black bears and stuff like that. But really, it wasn’t that great.
And my mom wants me to let you know I was joking… really….
-Graham
The day before yesterday we went on a long hike to a beautiful lake with snow around it (in JUNE!). The next day, we slept. That was all.
-Graham
If nothing else, I have learned one thing from this trip so far. Or rather, I am confused on one point. Why in the world would Dorothy rather live in KANSAS than OZ? Think about it. Oz was full of wizards and witches and munchkins and exciting things. Kansas is full of grass and tornados. GRASS and TORNADOS. She would rather go back to the land of black and white than live in a world full of yellow brick roads. I mean, seriously! The grass is always greener on the other side, but at least the Oz wasn’t carpeted in that horrible, itchy stuff!!
-Graham
Today we saw the glorious landscape of Indiana - wheat fields, wheat fields, and wheat fields. And one sewege lagoon. Now we all know first hand why it is call the Smelly Bread Basket of America.
Dad always insists on making us do weird poses. By the way, we’re swimming.
-Graham
Today, being the first day of our quest to Orcas Island, everything went wrong. And yet, somehow, we managed to leave only an hour behind schedule. I don’t know how we obtained this incredible feat, but there it is.
Tomorrow, we shall continue on our journey to Orcas Island with unrealistically high spirits and two hours before schedule. Having said that, hopefully we’ll be able to leave with a reasonably low grumble statis and only a little bit late.
-Graham