day 3: whaaaaaaaales!

The sun had just started to light up the sky when we left our shabby chic (minus the chic) hotel for our day of whale watching!  We drove for a couple hours north to San Juan, where we got on a ferry to Friday Harbor.  I made sure I grabbed a coffee for the long day ahead (and to keep up with my latte-a-day Seattle mentality).  Cars and people can ride this ferry to the San Juan Islands, and it's a pretty nice hour long ride.  We got to Friday Harbor and hopped on our shuttle for a half hour ride that took us to the other side of the island, where we got on our little whale watching vessel.

Kong and I on the ferry

View from our boat

Handsome husband

It's cold out on the water

It's hard to tell from the pictures, but there were sooo many whales out that day.  The boat captain said it's the largest group with the most activity they've seen in a while.  There are three resident groups in the area, and they believe all three groups were present.  It was really amazing to see so many huge majestic creatures in their natural space up close.

Breach!

 

Spyhop

Tail slap

hehehe

Fresh oysters with a white wine sauce grilled right in front of us.  Yum.

Leaving the island.. took a little nap on the ferry ride back.

Beth's.  Home of the 12 egg omelette. 

Yes, folks, that's 12 eggs filled with swiss cheese, sour cream, bacon, and tomatoes.

On top of a huge pile of hash browns.

With two slices of toast.

Served to you on a pizza pan.

..and my husband attempted to finish it

(he even got a few cheers)

He finished the omelette, but left some potatoes.  Great effort!!

My chili burger wasn't very good.

However, Kong and Ninja definitely left their mark at Beth's!

Beth's Cafe: 7311 Aurora Ave N. Seattle, WA 98103

totals:

coffee: 4

bacon: 3