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Day 3 - part 2

The jumpers are:

(please note most of the students jumped I just picked a few of the better shots)

Ereinne

David

Gerald

Leanne

Stasia (the naturalist)

The entire gang (almost) of jumpers!

After lunch we headed out for kayaking and snorkeling.

Alexandra and Danielle.

Once at the beach, Alyssa and Taylor head out for a kayak.

Good to go for a snorkel.

Yellowtail Surgeon fish.

Brown sea urchin.

Finescale Triggerfish (below Sargent Major fish).

King Angelfish.

Chocolate Chip Seastar.

The early evening was spent with Pilot whales.

There were approx. 100 in the pod.

You can see the bulbous head. These whales
resemble the social structure and movement of killer whales.

A huge splash after one of 4 breaching moments with a large male.
Pilot whales rarely breach. So our day ended with a rare blessing!

A Pelican drops by to hang out with the students.

The evening was spent sorting gifts. Please refer to the Baja Gift
Program page of this Daily Journal to follow this journey of giving.

Upon returning to the boat, we jumped off of the top deck in to the ocean. How refreshing! For lunch, we indulged in soup and enchiladas with rice. After lunch, we went ashore in Lobster Lagoon to snorkel amongst the vast array of sea creatures. On the way back to the boat, we kayaked.

After we returned, we ate a wonderful snack and settled in to whale watch! Our boat was surrounded by a huge pod of pilot whales who leapt joyously around our vessel. They hung around with us for over an hour. After they left we had dinner after a visit from a pelican. Dinner consisted of salad, rice and fried fish, with ice cream to top it off. We ended the night by sorting the gifts we had brought into individual gift packs.

What a wonderful day!

Summer and Stephanie

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