Puffins and almost a whale

We woke up to cloudy skies again.  Sunrise is 5:10, that's AM.  But no rain.  We decided to check out the whale and puffin boat tour.  Drove 6 miles to the little office.  We decided to go today even though it was a bit windy.

                                                       

This is the little  boat.  It only holds eight people and has a naturalist to explain what we are seeing.

The puffins live on these rocks.  It is hard to get a good picture, but you can somewhat see them flying overhead.  This preserve is supposed to be the largest colony of puffins in North America.  The puffins have cute little striped beaks, but only during breeding season.



We did chase some humpback whales and we did see spouting and a humped back going down. But that was all.  A little disappointing, but there will be more chances for whales as we travel.

Later in the afternoon the sun came out!  The dark clouds disappeared and we actually sat outside under blue skies.

There was one other rv here today, but they left. It is kind of lonely.  The one Rv pictured below is stored here... we are alone.  Of course that doesn't count the cabins down the hill that are fully occupied with a wedding group.