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| Mission Beach. LOVE this place! |
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| Beautiful sunset from the boardwalk on our first night |
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| We went whale watching! This was the boat we were on. The Privateer. |
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| The people said this is the resident sea lion that stays at the dock. They named him Clyde. |
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| Clyde was so friendly. He swam around us while people took picture. It was like he was posing. |
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| They said these were common dolphins and there were HUNDREDS of them! They swam right next to the boat and played in the wake. They are such playful animals. SO COOL. |
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| Then we saw FIN WHALES! You can see how close to the boat they were by the guy standing in the corner of the picture. They were also playing with the boat swimming from one side to the other. They said the fin whales don't usually do this. |
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| They said this one was probably about 80ft long and 140-160 THOUSAND pounds! They are the second biggest whale. |
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| The fin that you see is about 2/3rds of the way down its back... they are HUGE. |
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| They called this as mega-pod of dolphins. There were hundreds. It was so hard to get a picture that shows how many there actually were because they don't all jump at the same time. In this pic you can see a baby one. There were so many babies and they would swim right next to their mama. It was so cute. |
