Saturday, February 17, 2007

My Humps...

Every January to March, thousands and thousands of Humpback whales migrate from the coldest Atlantic waters north of New England to the warm, relaxing, Carribbean Atlantic, just off the coast of a peninsula near us called Samana. It is here that they mate, calf, and teach their young, complete with songs, tail flapping, and acrobatic jumps out of the water!

We went to Samana this weekend to celebrate Valentine's Day- and got the chance to see some whales up close and personal. Our boat followed a mother and a baby Humpback for about an hour, watching as the baby rode "piggyback" on the mother and even took a few tentative jumps out of the water to check us out. It was an amazing experience- such huge animals moving so gracefully- playful, even.




Through His creation, time and time again, God shows us that He is good, good, good.

3 comments:

Brandon Scott Thomas said...

WOW! That's so cool!

Anonymous said...

We watched the whales off the coast of Maui. It truly is amazing! We just sat there in awe. It was hard to take your eyes off of them.

LB

Anonymous said...

Very cool pics! Maybe we'll see the same whales off the coast here!