Lobsters, Whales & Sharks...Oh My!

This past weekend we were fortunate enough to get our first visitors! Kathy, my friend Jeff's mom, and her friend, Ben, were vacationing in Maine so they stopped by for a visit. When they arrived Saturday, we took them to Five Islands Lobster Co. They are located on a wharf in Georgetown, ME. Dinner was delicious and the view was amazing!

There was a lobster shack, a Love Nest Grill for those who didn't want seafood and an ice cream stand. We choose to eat seafood and we were glad we did!

The great thing about the wharfs around Maine are that you know the seafood is fresh! They actually showed Aaron and Kathy their lobster while they were still alive.

Aaron, Me, Kathy and Ben with full stomachs!

After a quick trip to L.L. Bean for some boots, Kathy and Ben headed to their final destination Booth Bay Harbor, ME. Since Booth Bay is only about 45 (+) mins away from us I decided to join them today to hang out.

We walked around the quaint town until we decided to go on a whale watching trip. We didn't know if we should or not since it was rainy and miserable but we all decided to brave the weather. They were both great sports! They were only around here for a few days, so they decided to pack as much as they could into the time they were here.

This is the Pink Lady II that took us on our 3 1/2 hr whale watching adventure.

This was our captain. I forgot to ask his name, sorry!

On the way out of the harbor they pointed this house out to us. It was the home of Maragret Hamilton. I didn't recognize the name either. He then told us it was the women who played the Wicked Witch of the West in the Wizard of Oz (1939). She lived out her life here. She died about 5 years ago. Cool huh?! If she were still living there, I probably would have tried to visit her after the trip. And no, I am not kidding! :o)

The first animal (besides birds) we encountered was a porpoise. But unfortunately, we saw him so quickly I didn't have time to take a picture. Next, we met this friendly seal.

Isn't it cute?!

He/she hung around the boat for a few minutes. The captain said that they weren't usually found so far out where we were. He noticed he was young and thought maybe he just hadn't learned any better yet.

On the trip we were able to see 5 whales. It was amazing!! At first they were really hard to spot but once I could figure out the signs to look for it was fun. One of the first things you see is the water they spout out. Now, I know that isn't the technical term but I can't remember what they called it!

You can see it in this picture pretty good.

This Humpback whale came the closest to the boat. It was a big creature! The captain of the boat told us we saw both the Humpback and Finback whale. But I am a little leary because I never saw the tail of the humpback whale. Oh well, I got to see whales and that was cool enough for me!

This creature, the Basking Shark, was the weirdest thing I saw all day. It didn't have a care in the world. It was just floating very slowly on top of the water. It came quite close to the boat too.

I never saw it's head but I tried with this picture to get an idea of it's size.

Here is Kathy and I freezing! But it was more than worth it. It was an overall great experience! It may have been an even better day because it was so dreary. There were only about 20 people on a boat that normally holds 75 people. I think we got lucky that there were not many crazy people like us. It made it easy to see over the side of the boat and take pics.

I took a lot more pictures than this but I will spare you. It was great having company! And it was great to get to experience something new together. If you ever get a chance to go whale watching, you should definitely do it. Next up on our animal watching agenda is Puffins!