Day 9 - Whale Watching
Today we were up early and out the door by 8am for our whale watching trip with Captain John. We left out of Plymouth Harbor and headed out past Provincetown to Stellwagen Bank, a marine sanctuary in the Gulf of Maine. We saw 2 humpback whales: Hancock and Orbit. They surfaced dozens of times. We also saw a Minke whale, 2-3 gray seals and a fin whale (the second largest whale in the world). The Fin Whale surfaced several times but we were only able to see it's back. They are very fast swimming, sleek, huge whales. It was a lot of fun and I felt like we saw a lot of whale action!
I was nervous that we would get seasick on our trip based on some of our other trips so I made everyone take dramamine before we got to the harbor. I had no idea how calm it would be. In the bays off Cape Cod, it was smooth and still just like in the Puget Sound. We didn't need the dramamine at all! I brought the regular and the "Non-Drowsy" versions this time. The regular version says you can give it to kids 2 and up so I gave the 3 younger kids that one. I decided to give everyone else the "Non-Drowsy" kind so we would be more alert on the trip. Well, it seems to have backfired. The kids were all fine and all of the adults (with the exception of Grandpa who didn't take any) were falling asleep on the way back and we couldn't seem to shake the drowsiness all day. We got home about 2:30pm and Jeff, Carmen, Kira and I slept for 2-4 hours! And we're still tired!
We woke up and tried to do a few things to shake it. I went kayaking with Mikey, Jeff and I played "World Cup" with the kids but as soon as 8:30pm rolled around, we were ready to put the kids to bed and head there ourselves! I'm hoping we feel better by tomorrow!
I was nervous that we would get seasick on our trip based on some of our other trips so I made everyone take dramamine before we got to the harbor. I had no idea how calm it would be. In the bays off Cape Cod, it was smooth and still just like in the Puget Sound. We didn't need the dramamine at all! I brought the regular and the "Non-Drowsy" versions this time. The regular version says you can give it to kids 2 and up so I gave the 3 younger kids that one. I decided to give everyone else the "Non-Drowsy" kind so we would be more alert on the trip. Well, it seems to have backfired. The kids were all fine and all of the adults (with the exception of Grandpa who didn't take any) were falling asleep on the way back and we couldn't seem to shake the drowsiness all day. We got home about 2:30pm and Jeff, Carmen, Kira and I slept for 2-4 hours! And we're still tired!
We woke up and tried to do a few things to shake it. I went kayaking with Mikey, Jeff and I played "World Cup" with the kids but as soon as 8:30pm rolled around, we were ready to put the kids to bed and head there ourselves! I'm hoping we feel better by tomorrow!
Learning to cast.
Teaching the kids to fish.
My little paddling buddy. He's getting so good!
Pretty proud of himself.
Stopping to check the water depth with his paddle.
On our way out of Plymouth Harbor to go whale watching.
Isaac was Grandma's buddy today.
It's always colder on the ocean.
Sleepy kids.
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