Whale sighting!

Beginning at 7, I spend the morning in school again, helping the students with their pronunciation and then following along with their lessons so I can learn more Spanish.

After school I go to the ocean to run along the beach, which I missed this morning because of school.

I see a whale today. I am running on the shell mound that extends out into the ocean and there she is, jumping out of the water.

I’m pretty sure she’s a killer whale, black with flashes of white. Killer whales, or orcas, are the largest in the dolphin family, I have read. I’m so thrilled to see her.

The kids are fishing off the rocks. They have fishing line wrapped around plastic bottles, tin cans, wood boards with a hole for grasping, and some have fishing poles.

The girls allow the boys to throw their hook and weight into the water. They expertly twirl about 3 feet of line with the hook and weight at the end over their heads like a lasso, several times and then fling it into the air, holding the bottle or wood out with the other hand.

One of the boys gives me his fishing pole so I can fish. Two girls fish close to me and the boys rush off to the edge of the rocks where the shell road has ended. The girls are suddenly able to bait and throw out the line when the boys aren’t around! Fancy that!

One boy catches a small fish and I catch nothing but have managed to feed the fish almost all my shrimp! The kids leave and I return to my truck to study Spanish.

Elsa comes with a couple of her grandchildren and we go for a long walk on the beach until the sun sets.I'm happy Elsa visits and puts up with my terrible Spanish. She helps me with my pronunciation! YEAH!