Wednesday, August 7, 2013

A Whale of a Summer

This has been a whale of a summer, both literally and figuratively.

To start with, the weather has been phenomenal. In fact, it is the warmest and driest summer on record in more than 40 years. July was the warmest since 1979, and the driest since 1967. And, we had 18 consecutive dry days and 10 consecutive days with high temperatures above 70 degrees.

The whale action has been unprecedented. We haven't seen this many whales since our time at Glacier Bay. A mama and calf swam so close to the boat we were thinking about donning our gumby suits!

Needless to say, I have been outside enjoying this beautiful weather and beautiful place. Today, it's blowing and raining (for a change), so a good opportunity to update the long-neglected blog.

>> See some whale photos.

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