Whales...duh

BONJOUR from Canada. I just got back from travel day (when we bring last weeks campers back to Bangor, Maine and pick up some new kids) and I'm exhausted. But I'm happy! It went really well and even there were some hitches, none of them were my fault so YAHOO. Also we had an awesome dinner of roast beef and mashed potatoes and gravy so I was so happy. And of course we washed dishes to the tune of many a bluegrass song with Mike. Which is even better than dinner, really.

BUT rewind.
Last week I went on the best best best whale watch of my life on the Day's Catch. It was choppy water but we saw a baby and momma humpback and a few other pairs, and the baby was breaching and fluking and lobtailing and just so playful!!! It was amazing. Once he breached right next to the boat, like actually right next to it. SO amazing. I took an awful video of the fluke, but hopefully you will enjoy it anyways!!

Hmmmm...what else. Nothing really compares to that.  Thursday I went kayaking out of seal cove and we saw the salmon pens up close (where salmon are farmed offshore) and a really cool sea cave. It was so sunny FINALLY and everyone was enjoying the weather and being on the water, it was very nice. We took the kids tidepooling afterwards and found some awesome critters.

That night all of the staff was off, so we got fresh lobster and cheese and crackers and beers and fresh baked bread (by Mike) and had an amazing dinner. It was really fun to hang out with everyone (all 8 of us) because we never really get to see the dorm counselors during the day when we're on lessons. Twas lovely.

The bugs.

Friday we took the kids shopping and did closing activities (mostly reflection stuff) and then had campfire that night. We do this thing where we pass around a talking stick, and everyone can say whats on their mind or how they're feeling, and its amazing how many kids really open up during it. They all say how they've gone to tons of other camps that didn't even compare to whale camp, and talk about how accepting and close-knit the entire group is. Its really cool to listen to kids who have found out how to be themselves, or become more outgoing, or realize its okay to be weird. Makes me feel like I'm doing a good job! yay me.

other thoughts:

-i've slept 10 hours and driven 6 hours in the past two days.
-the new campers seem REALLY awesome, like the best group i've had so far
-we're all constantly on the hunt for purple sea glass and licking rocks to find pretty ones
-camp is over in 5 weeks...what!
-we blast this song while washing dishes...you should listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKMBpyZlZ_I
-Mike is leaving this weekend. WHAT WILL WE DO WITHOUT HIM.


Seriously.