Boca de Soledad, Baja
EXILED
Searching my heart for its true sorrow,
This is the thing I find to be:
That I am weary of words and people,
Sick of the city, wanting the sea;
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
It is a curious fact that our blood, sweat, and tears contain roughly the same salinity as sea water. Most of us feel the pull of the ocean on a very basic and instinctual level. As the opening verse from the above poem suggests, we have all traveled from a busy and hectic city life in order to find, explore, and reaffirm our own personal connections to the sea. What better way to reconnect to the ocean than through an encounter with a friendly and curious (Baja) California Gray Whale?
We awoke this morning in Magdalena Bay to find the Sea Lion enveloped in a thick and eerie fog. We launched our inflatable whale boats in almost no visibility as the sun tried her best to burn off the foggy interloper. Our eagerness was rewarded as we encountered mother Gray whales with newborn calves! Single adult whales cavorted and splashed around our small vessels as well. In fact, the entire day was spent in the presence of these magnificent creatures, occasionally joined by Bottlenose dolphins.
The photo above came during our last foray into the waters of the bay, just as the sun was about to set over Isla Magdalena. An adult Gray whale lifted its majestic flukes into the air, and then with a flick of its tail it was gone! This day will long remind us of why we feel the pull of the sea…
EXILED
Searching my heart for its true sorrow,
This is the thing I find to be:
That I am weary of words and people,
Sick of the city, wanting the sea;
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
It is a curious fact that our blood, sweat, and tears contain roughly the same salinity as sea water. Most of us feel the pull of the ocean on a very basic and instinctual level. As the opening verse from the above poem suggests, we have all traveled from a busy and hectic city life in order to find, explore, and reaffirm our own personal connections to the sea. What better way to reconnect to the ocean than through an encounter with a friendly and curious (Baja) California Gray Whale?
We awoke this morning in Magdalena Bay to find the Sea Lion enveloped in a thick and eerie fog. We launched our inflatable whale boats in almost no visibility as the sun tried her best to burn off the foggy interloper. Our eagerness was rewarded as we encountered mother Gray whales with newborn calves! Single adult whales cavorted and splashed around our small vessels as well. In fact, the entire day was spent in the presence of these magnificent creatures, occasionally joined by Bottlenose dolphins.
The photo above came during our last foray into the waters of the bay, just as the sun was about to set over Isla Magdalena. An adult Gray whale lifted its majestic flukes into the air, and then with a flick of its tail it was gone! This day will long remind us of why we feel the pull of the sea…
