A Special Moment in my life

In Baja Mexico, on a Searcher trip, I took this "selfie" of my hand on a Gray Whale back, and also the UW pic of a baby with a hand held UW camera.

These Gray Whales used to be killed by us at great rates because they were so easy to kill. Then their killing got banned, and they have come back as "our friends". Truly amazing!

Can I explain? NO. Am I happy with where we both are? Very much so. My encouragement to you is to go meet them. The local tour boats that take you to greet them are also very vigorously protecting the Gray Whales breeding and nursing lagoons, because our tour fees provide income to support their families. Our tour company was Searcher Natural History Tours. We had been with them before to see Blue Whales and pelagic birds, and they are excellent!