"Blog of Note" - Thanks Blogger!

This was supposed to be a blog about the fantastic sightings lately of groups of Humpback Whales seen passing through the Gulf of the Farallones Marine Sanctuary. On the way to that blog something special happened - Google’s Blogger Team selected Sea Worthy as its’ “Blog of Note” for June 4, 2008. By the end of the day 4,529 people from 101 countries had viewed the blog! It was a good day.

I found out because my email was full of messages that comments to the blog were coming in. It was great fun reading kind remarks from people all over the world and then having a look at their blogs too.

To each of you who took the time to comment and congratulate, I sincerely thank you. If you weren’t so scattered all over the map I’d schedule a special SF Bay Whale Watching trip for all of you!

Verne Bryant, owner of SF Bay Whale Watching always says that it is a privilege to see the whales. He also says that the people who come aboard our trips are always interesting, and spending time with them is especially rewarding.

I’ll add that the combination of the whales and birds, etc, the natural beauty of the marine sanctuary, and these interesting people toting cameras makes for blog-heaven.

The photos here are some of my favorites from past trips: Humpback Whales - acrobatic, agile giants; California and Steller Sea Lions - each face so different and expressive.

Brown Pelicans - prehistoric-looking plunge divers, formation fliers with wings 6.5 feet across; Risso's Dolphins - cross-hatched with scars from tussles with squid.

Lucky for you that I didn’t include hundreds of pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge (cables/railings/rivets/south view/north view/from atop a tower/from underneath/with fog/without fog...I've got 'em all!)

Thank you to Blogger for providing this free platform and for the recognition. The power of the internet always intrigues me but never so much as last Wednesday when the world came to look at our whales.



Photos and text by Kathleen Jacques.