Rain camping and whale "almost" watching

Our big plans for the long weekend (June 11-13) got a bit distorted by the rain. Friday night we ended up just playing card games with our roommates and then Saturday morning we drove downtown to watch the hockey game which was pretty exciting! After spending the morning hanging around Sydney we uneventfully came home and hung around moping about the rain. At 11:30pm I said, "pffff let's just go camping tomorrow, rain or no rain." We wanted to go whale watching and after perusing around the internet, discovered that one of our favorite places in the whole world (Jervis Bay) was in fact, a terrific place to watch the whales migrating June - July and September - November. It's a 2 1/2 hour drive south but it's just the loveliest place. We got a camping spot in Booderee national park easily because it's freezing here and most people don't camp in winter, and then we drove to Cape St George Lighthouse to watch whales. Tips for whale watching:

- Go late mornings or early afternoons

- Bring patience and a set of binoculars

- Go on a clear, calm day so it's easy to spot them in the great big ocean

- It's easier to see them in the Spring because they come into shore with their new babies

We did none of the above. We did end up catching a tiny glimpse of 1 whale but that's it. And the tiny glimpse of the 1 whale that we did see, was during the first 5 minutes of our arrival to watch the whales. It was still fun though and interesting partaking in the the community of whale watchers. I think we looked dumb without binoculars. I tried to focus on where the binoculars were directed but it didn't help.

this was just an awesome bug in the bathroom, cleverly disguised as 5 leaves.

We'll try whale watching again one of these days.

E.