Whales

Just a quick note... (I will post a more complete write-up on the trip later when it is not 1:00 am.

M and I went to Tadoussac for the weekend (July 1 2006). We completed 5 trails, two to the whale watching platform at bay St Marguerite, one at the Dunes where I actually climbed a dune slope steep enough to sand ski on (there used to be a sand skiing club there) and two in Tadoussac.

For every step I took upwards I slid back half a step it took a long time and my heart was pounding at the top aparently it is easier when the sand is wet, which it was. I now know what being a 43 office worker can do to your fitness if you don't work out.

On none of these hikes did we see the whales we hoped to, but on the way out of Tadoussac crossing on the Car Ferry Michelle spotted them passing the boat. I was in the car sorting things and preparing to drive off - impatient man I am.

When we got back on the road we went along the water no more than fifty metres, with back tracking because of an ass on a motorcycle that kept crowding me it was more like 400 metres, then we pulled off and watched as the whales went around point noire and saw two great views of tails splashing out of the water. They were bright white Belugas. The water was likely warm at the river mouth as they seemed to hang around the point.