Magdalena Bay
Why do frigate birds peck at the antenna at the top of your ship? Do they like the "boingy" sound it makes? Or are they making sure something edible is not getting away? If a gray whale starts skimming the surface to feed on krill, is it wrong since the books say they are bottom feeders? Or is it time for a new chapter to be written in the books?
These are exactly the sort of questions we had the opportunity to contemplate today, along with a multitude of other odd and interesting ponderings from our week exploring the islands and surrounding waters of Baja Calfornia Sur. We are inspired travelers, and a few of the younger explorers with us this week have agreed to share their inspirations and observations with you.
Where secrets were hidden by murky waters
And a daily battle raged
Where the sun couldn’t puncture through to the deep
And whose rays were never missed
Where the predator was really the prey
And the prey had the heart of a killer
Where time was frozen in crystal glass
And Poseidon watched in triumph
- Diana Reisman
Day four from the journal of Zachary Paulson, Age 10:
"I got up for the largest animal on earth, the blue whale. The first times the people said “Look there it is!” I missed it, but finally I saw a spout. Then I had a conversation about blue whales. The tale of one can way as much as a car. The heart is as big as a bison. The tongue is as big as an African elephant. An adult human could fit inside the spout. That’s an average one! But the biggest specimen ever was 49 ft. two inches long. There she blows! This time it was a mother and a baby. The last time the whale spouted there was a bit of a sound. A whale spouting is a breath taking site. But if you wanted to do the same thing, you would hold your breath, swollow some cereal and milk hole, and then squirt the milk out your nose. It’s called snarfing."
Inspired travels bring treasured memories, a natural combination for intrepid explorers.
Why do frigate birds peck at the antenna at the top of your ship? Do they like the "boingy" sound it makes? Or are they making sure something edible is not getting away? If a gray whale starts skimming the surface to feed on krill, is it wrong since the books say they are bottom feeders? Or is it time for a new chapter to be written in the books?
These are exactly the sort of questions we had the opportunity to contemplate today, along with a multitude of other odd and interesting ponderings from our week exploring the islands and surrounding waters of Baja Calfornia Sur. We are inspired travelers, and a few of the younger explorers with us this week have agreed to share their inspirations and observations with you.
Where secrets were hidden by murky waters
And a daily battle raged
Where the sun couldn’t puncture through to the deep
And whose rays were never missed
Where the predator was really the prey
And the prey had the heart of a killer
Where time was frozen in crystal glass
And Poseidon watched in triumph
- Diana Reisman
Day four from the journal of Zachary Paulson, Age 10:
"I got up for the largest animal on earth, the blue whale. The first times the people said “Look there it is!” I missed it, but finally I saw a spout. Then I had a conversation about blue whales. The tale of one can way as much as a car. The heart is as big as a bison. The tongue is as big as an African elephant. An adult human could fit inside the spout. That’s an average one! But the biggest specimen ever was 49 ft. two inches long. There she blows! This time it was a mother and a baby. The last time the whale spouted there was a bit of a sound. A whale spouting is a breath taking site. But if you wanted to do the same thing, you would hold your breath, swollow some cereal and milk hole, and then squirt the milk out your nose. It’s called snarfing."
Inspired travels bring treasured memories, a natural combination for intrepid explorers.
