It's a big Whale ! xxxx xxx xxxxxx

In 2012, we went to Alaska for 10 or 12 days, and one of the things we did was a small-group whale-watching excursion.

Didn't take long, we got out a ways, and we started seeing tails and fins here and there.

At one point, MrsTasty said, "I've really got to pee!"

"Don't do it. The second you go down to the restroom, you'll miss seeing a whale breach."

Five minutes later, lots more tails, fins, the occasional spout of water.

"Seriously, I'm going to pee my pants if I don't go now." - and off she went.

Not 10 seconds after she dipped below, right where we're standing, up pops a big, beautiful whale, and it felt like I could almost touch it, it was so close, rocked the boat quite a bit, too.

Up comes my wife, "What was that? I thought I was going to slide off the toilet!"

"Let's just say, 'I told ya so...'l
 
My buddy (underwater camera man) gets invited every couple of years to film humpbacks off the coast of the Dominican Republic. He does this without scuba. One year he was clasped in the pectoral fins by one and rolled by it 360 and let go.
 
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