gray whales

Whale in Redondo Beach

We went over to look for dolphins on Saturday and saw a few of them over in Redondo, but over by Knob Hill there was a whale that was caught in the surf line.  We thought it was distressed and trying to beach itself but after about 45 min playing just outside the waves it went out into deeper water.   I had a lousy lens on my camera so didn’t get a good picture of it.  That is what happens when you only leave the house with only one lens..  :(

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The house carpeting was put in this past week, and they fixed and stained the hardwood flooring.  We asked for pictures from the salesman but of course he didn't come through with any.   He's totally useless in that department.  When we first bought the house he said that they would take weekly pictures and when they did anything noteworthy they'd take pictures for us.  Well that happened TWICE without asking for them.  Now we have to beg for a friggin picture and then its only 1 picture.  I could see if there was 5' of snow on the ground and 15 out but its nice weather now.   

Whale watching excursion off of PV

Here are some photos from the whale watching boat - saw one grey whale, but it didnt breach or anything.  We went right by the Dominator wreck, which was a freighter that thought it was going into Los Angeles Harbor in 1961 and ended up crashing right into Palos Verdes Rocky Point, and a photo of the Pt Vicente lighthouse that I kind of photoshopped up to give it a weird look.

Gray whales are here!

We went all the way up to Alaska to look for breaching whales, and didn't see any!  But then we go up to Palos Verdes 4 miles from our home and saw this gray whale breaching all the way around Palos Verdes!  It was so clear out too - could see Downtown Los Angeles from Palos Verdes, which never happens!   It rained yesterday which helped clear up the sky. 

a Panorama image from Santa Monica to Downtown Los Angeles

Nice day at Palos Verdes 2/19/06

Such a nice clear day we went to Palos Verdes to see the whales. Saw a few splashes and a nice view of Catalina Island,.

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