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Sunday<\/h2>\n

We had reservations for another Hornblower cruise this morning \u2013 whale watching this time. A few weeks ago we saw a news story that said the whale migration was a bit early this year, so, not knowing any better, we were concerned the tour might be a bust. As it turns out, we saw exactly one whale.<\/p>\n

While standing in line waiting to board, some guys in yellow jackets showed up. They were volunteers from the natural history museum. They said they have to go out on these tours at least three times a month, but some of the retired guys go much more often. They gave us short lessons on whales \u2013 baleen versus teeth, where they\u2019re coming from and where they\u2019re going, how we expect them to behave when we see them.<\/p>\n

The volunteers and crew serve as lookouts, but I wonder if that was really necessary. A few miles off the coast we came across another whale tour boat and a sailboat. Word was there was a humpback in the area. Within a few minutes we saw the whale blowing and slapping her tail on the water. We don\u2019t really know if it was a he or a she, but everybody always says \u201cThar she blows!\u201d so I\u2019ll refer to it as \u201cshe\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_1638s\"<\/a>She slapped her fluke on the water for quite a while, announcing to the gathering whale watchers that she was ready for her close-up. There are restrictions on how close we\u2019re allowed to get, something like a thousand feet. That is close enough to hear her blow, but not close enough to smell her breath. Our boat stayed on her left, the other whale boat and the sailboat on her right. She\u2019d exhale, slap her fluke a few times, then make a short dive. It was a bit hard to predict where she\u2019d pop up next; she was moving generally westward, but along a meandering path.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_1665s\"<\/a>After a while, she quit slapping and started breaching. When whales are swimming in pods, the males will breach to demonstrate dominance or to attract a mate. We\u2019re not sure why they engage in such behavior when they\u2019re alone. We all decided she was doing this because she\u2019s a showoff. Which suited us just fine.<\/p>\n

She probably breached forty times. Each breach moves not only tons of whale but tons of water as well. She makes a sound a bit like a \"IMG_1667s\"<\/a>giant belly-flop, except that she\u2019s on her back or side. This went on for quite a while, breach, breach, breach, dive; repeat a couple minutes later. It was quite a show, so not at all disappointing that we only saw one whale.<\/p>\n

It was lunch time when we got back, so we walked over to the Fish Market Restaurant. I had the fish and chips, Alaskan cod, panko style.<\/p>\n

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Coronado Island skyline<\/p><\/div>\n

After lunch Genae and I went to the Maritime Museum. I particularly wanted to see the HMS Surprise<\/i>, having read and enjoyed all of Patrick O’Brien’s Aubrey\/Maturin books. Of course, this wasn\u2019t really the ship sailed by Captain Aubrey two hundred years ago but a replica built from the plans of the HMS Rose<\/i>, a sail training tall ship on the East Coast. It was purchased by 20th<\/sup> Century Fox, then extensively modified to become the Surprise for the move Master and Commander: Far Side of the World<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Museum also has the Star of India<\/i> (the oldest active merchant sailing ship in the world), a Soviet Foxtrot class submarine, the USS Dolphin<\/i> (the US Navy\u2019s last diesel-electric sub), and several others.<\/p>\n

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“Stop”<\/p><\/div>\n

We could have easily spent an additional couple hours there as they have a lot to see. We concentrated on the Star of India<\/i>, the Surprise<\/i>, the B-39<\/i>, and the Dolphin<\/i>. We took a quick look through the exhibits aboard the Berkeley<\/i>, a ferryboat from San Francisco bay. It\u2019s loaded with large, detailed models of all sorts of ships. Those models are incredible.<\/p>\n

I found the Star of India<\/i> and the Surprise<\/i> fascinating but I don\u2019t really know anything about sailing vessels. There was a docent on the Surprise talking about the materials used in the rigging, but I really had no clue what he as talking about. On the other hand, I really enjoyed getting to compare the two submarines. The B-29<\/i> is a few years newer but the Dolphin<\/i> is much more modern. Obviously, it\u2019s been upgraded since it was launched in 1968 – the electronics and the microwave oven give it away. It\u2019s a smaller boat, but doesn\u2019t feel nearly as cramped. The Soviet sub looks almost \u201csteam punk\u201d in comparison, and moving through the ship was fun. The watertight doors between compartments are round and wide; going through them is a bit like getting in and out of the Elise. Oh, and we looked through the periscopes on both subs.<\/p>\n

When making our way to the Dolphin, we chatted briefly with crew members of the America<\/i>. The America<\/i> is an America\u2019s cup boat. I\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s a replica of the original America\u2019s cup winner from 1851 or if it\u2019s a later design. This boat was just tying up at the dock, returned from whale watching. They had heard about our humpback and tried to follow it but arrived too late.<\/p>\n

It started raining just as we left and stopped by the time we got to the car. It rained just long enough and just hard enough to soak us thoroughly. We collected the folks and made our way back to their motel where we said our goodbyes.<\/p>\n

For dinner we went to Pizza Bella for dinner. Their menu claims they were voted \u201cBest Pizza in the World\u201d. I don\u2019t know who did the voting. It was good pizza, but falls short of Beau Jo\u2019s. As usual, I managed spread molten sauce all over the roof of my mouth, burning it badly. So it goes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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