Re: [Paddlewise] trip report - Broken Group Islands

From: Dave Kruger <dkruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 11:35:26 -0800
Steve Davis wrote: 

> Suddenly the whale, now identified as 
> a grey whale and no longer looking very small at all, surfaced 10 metres off 
> my port bow. After my heart kicked back in I managed to snap off a few 
> photos. To my amazement this continued for another hour. Us drifting along, 
> the whale surfacing always on the port bow, always 10 to 15 metres away. 

Couple years ago in mid-June, there was a good-size gray whale doodling around
__inside__ Benson, showing no concern about kayakers in the near vicinity. 
Could be the same whale, inasmuch the one I saw was probably a "resident."

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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