Saturday, August 01, 2009

Orca watching on San Juan Island

The Peru crew, Miranda, Romina, Bruno, and I (with the binoculars) on the Washington State Ferry to the beautiful San Juan Islands. We rented a car for a day and drove up to Anascortes to catch the ferry.
It was a very scenic ride to Friday Harbor on San Juan Island. It was a nice town with a high school and everything! We drove to the other side (~10 miles) where the orcas typically swim by and waited, and waited, and waited for the J, K, and L orca pods to swim by...
and eventually (5 hours later) they did (we was about 20+ orcas over the next hour)!!
Romina and I watching orcas at Lime Kiln Point.

Orcas in the sea.


Two videos of orcas swimming by Lime Kiln point on San Juan Island.



The Peru Crew in a tree on San Juan Island.

A few days ago when it was a record 102 degree in Seattle, we swam across Lake Washington (a little triathlon training without a wetsuit). It was over a 1.5mi swim and super choppy from the big yachts and sailboats. Not to mention it was farther than I've ever swam (the half ironman was only 1.3mi).
This photo is from the beach where we swam from and there are lots of sail boats on Lake Washington with downtown in the background.


I'm leaving for the airport now and we'll arrive at 4am tomorrow in Lima. Adios!

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