This morning we headed out on a private charter with a wonderful group of guests all the way from Australia:) It was one of the nicest morning's of the year so far with calm seas, the sun out and actually felt like summer!
We managed to find a lot of wildlife this morning including a Bald Eagle at the Chain Islets, Harbour Seals, Harlequin Ducks, Harbour Porpoise and at least 5 Minke Whales at Salmon Bank! Two of the Minke Whales we encountered were a Mother & Calf pairing and as we sat with our engines off the calf popped up about 100' from our boat:)
We also watched the calf lunge feeding as it went after bait balls consisting of Sandlance, a small thin fish.
The Olympic Mountains and Mt. Baker were also stunning this morning and provided even more reasons to be glad to be on the water!
Was an amazing morning! What a way to start our trip :)
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