Family Trip Continued...

We spent the next day just hanging around town and at the house.  The kids fished some more and that night we ate some more s'mores, which ended up being a nightly tradition, which was totally fine with me! 

Then on Wednesday we grabbed some lunch at the old Orcas Hotel and then hopped aboard the Eclipse charter boat to find us some whales!  I wasn't so sure about going.  Being on a boat for four hours with two kids didn't sounds too fun to me, not to mention my apprehension of boats to begin with, but Kyle talked me into it and I'm glad he did.  The kids loved it, especially Katie.  The Whale Museum on Friday Harbor has an Adopt-A-Whale program Katie is very interested in.  I enjoyed seeing her enthusiasm that day with the whales and her pure excitement over it.  Kayden had a fun time too, but I think was a little young to fully understand the uniqueness in our adventure!

The crew was very good with the kids, they have kid friendly binoculars, coloring activities, crayons and books to keep the kids busy.  And we really lucked out with the weather, so Katie stayed out on the bow of the boat with Kyle, while I stuck around with Kayden in the cabin for the most part.  He really was a trooper on the boat.

We saw 7-10 different whales and were able to watch them for about 20-25 minutes before we headed back to town.  We also saw some seal and different native birds.  It was a ton of fun!