How appropriate the term "wash" be included in the word "Washington" cuz dang can that state rain! HOLA! On the flip-side, GORGEOUS! Our many adventures included: shopping the gift shops, eating fish from the restaurants on the docks, adding to the disgusting, yet totally cool, wall of chewed up gum located down town Seattle, riding the ferrie to and from our destinations, and taking pictures by the space needle. Did we stop there?? Noooo! We went on a whale watching excursion and I'll be damned. We saw a couple of grey whales which are expected this time of year, some seals basking in the sun, and numerous bird types including bald eagles. If any of you reading this know me, you know that I have an obsession for animals. I probably get more excited to go to the zoo than children do. My most favorite though is killer whales. They fascinate me past word description. You can then imagine the battle in my head after watching the documentary "Black Fish" to which I admittedly bawled my eyes out. It surpassed any battle of "which shoes should I wear today" and fell somewhere within what I imagine world war III will be. My obsession with sea-world and hopes of visiting it completely smashed. I dealt with this internal dilemma for some time and finally came to the conclusion that I would visit sea-world purely for selfish reasons but in my defense I, after the show, would protest with my "FREE Tillicum" sign.... Yes, I feel square with this decision. Okay, back to the excursion. Right before we were about to head back to our docking point a pod of Orca's were spotted for the first time this year... MY LUCKY DAY! A mother, father, and two babies. The youngest born in 2012. If the pupils in my eyes weren't dancing enough I'll be if the male swam right aside our boat. That bad-mama-jama was massive and his dorsal fin I would like to point out wasn't bent in the least. It was breath-taking and I may have teared up! We have so many pictures/videos, photo props to my sissy-poo. God knows if I was trying to capture the moment all we would get is water and maybe a few pictures of the sky. Yeah, I was thaaat girl and I couldn't have been more proud of my baby girl as she flailed her arms around matching my excitement! Purely exhilarating! I chose the wrong profession and should have stuck with my childhood instincts and befriended whales as my career. I can’t even get mad when people call me "Corca the Orca" (thanks for that sissy) in regards to my obesity, baby fat if you will, because they are such divine creatures. Our luck didn't end there... after we docked there were two seals that put on a show for us. According to the fishermen one of the two has been coming to his boat after he docks for the last 15 years waiting for the fish guts that he throws overboard. Coolest thing ever! So close, so alive, and so in their nature habitat. It was sooo fascinating!
Our gallivanting in Vegas started off trying to check in to the wrong hotel at 2am until realizing it was the wrong hotel and actually going to the right hotel making it 4:30am before getting to bed. Staying up all night used to be fun... until I had a baby! Sooo the start to my holiday after 7 days of of straight working was sucky; however it turned bright and was very fun! Seeing family and friends somewhere away from normality is the best! Couldn't have asked for a better Vaca. Hold that thought of happiness cause then there was the deliberation on law schools... . But hey, we'll save those goodies for the next post!
Come what may, bring all the whales, cause I'm gonna love it!
P.S. Dirty little secret!!! Christian Grey lives in Seattle!!! Boom! :D :D :D
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