Saturday, April 23, 2011

We Saw A Pair of Whales Today! (Saturday)

It was a beautiful day and a lot of people were taking advantage of it at the Redondo Beach Pier and beach. Bicyclists stood by their bikes, scuba divers paused as they removed their tanks and little kids ran in and out of the water, shrieking with delight. Nearly every parking space along the "view walk" had a car in it.

Looking out to the sea, we saw at least five sailboats and then ... some activity in the water ... Look! Just over there! It was a pair of whales spouting! They never breeched but the plumes of water were heading north toward the El Segundo refinery at a pretty good pace. How lucky we are to live here. It was already a lovely day but the whale sightings -- this late in the migrating season -- were a wonderful extra treat.

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