*Photos* Orca Whales & other Northwest wildlife

[RubyMutt]

My aunt and her boyfriend who live in Las Vegas have been visiting the last few days. Thursday was my parents anniversary so I got the day off work and the five of us took a boat from Bellingham, WA, through the San Juan Islands, to Victoria, BC. We were lucky enough to see one of the San Juan's resident orca pods. :) They were so beautiful! Here's some pics, I'll post some other pics from the trip in another post. (If you want to see even more there's an album HERE (http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4289126921))

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid79/p15956a448a71bbda8b21907ac2b9a7eb/fb18347c.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid79/pb780b31d67d17f01c7e4b5817e071171/fb18344a.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid79/p1d691fa92816117a8471404e793a6481/fb18343d.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid79/p8dc49bd080640eb91a3ea7a186d27edf/fb18342e.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid79/p6558eb8a6a7b97c5b842e4d33a1aadc2/fb1833e8.jpg

[Uabassoon]

Wow, those are beautiful photos!

[RubyMutt]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid79/p8d5b1876eec5edf8db37a30c7bfe579d/fb1836dd.jpg
harbour seals
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid79/p44dbfdd6d6ef3b961d77ad870d435d41/fb1836d8.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid79/pb30230f81a46e14d3e0975aaa716a579/fb18328c.jpg
horse carriage

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid79/p82247dab4df8896e17f36928829e55e9/fb1831f2.jpg
Parliament building

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid79/p118ad95a3695714b1b45e7e00a1109d6/fb18301d.jpg
my aunt, Tracy, & myself on the boat while docked in Victoria

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid79/p0cf7709b21e4d0d864d6af0046812313/fb182b6d.jpg
sunset
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid79/pc963fed74c64262789e6deb003789d93/fb1829ee.jpg

[Kfamr]

OMG.. please come kidnap me and bring me to WA.:eek:

Gorgeous.

[Macsterr]

ah, beautiful pics... Hope you enjoyed our neck of the woods :)

[Foam]

Beautiful pics! :)

[RubyMutt]

Thanks for the compliments everyone! :D We also saw at least 6 or 7 porpoise, but they were so quick it was nearly impossible to get a photo of them :(


Originally posted by Macsterr
ah, beautiful pics... Hope you enjoyed our neck of the woods :)

where do you live? ... I do live in Washington :)

[tatsxxx11]

Lindsey, the photos are gorgeous! We've got whales and dolphins and harbor seals here on the Cape too, so you'll feel right at home when you get here!;)

[Kater]

GORGEOUS!!!

Thanks for sharing these pictures; I enjoyed all of them!

[Nomilynn]

You were in Victoria and didn't tell me!!!!!!!!!!!! That whale your dad posed with is outside a store that is literally a block away from my work.. did you go inside The Bay Centre at all? (Used to be called Eaton's Centre). I was working on Thursday.. you should have come seen our museum :)

The reason's the Canadian flags were all at half mast was in respect of the victims on Sept 11.. just in case you were wondering :)

Great pics, too!! :)

[tomkatzid]

great job on the pics, the sunset was wonderful, love those whales and seals too!!!:cool: ....tom

[ramanth]

What gorgeous pics!!! I absolutely love whales. The pic with the adult and baby orca is so cute! :D

Love how those cones saved your space for ya. :D

[anna_66]

Those pictures are just too cool:D Your sooo lucky!