L57 Faith
Bonnie Gretz
9/4/06:
I was on San Juan Island and out on a whale watch aboard Odyssey. On a warm, sunny day with glassy smooth water, we found Ls and Ks just into Canada between Sydney and Henry Islands. First we saw them jumping over the wake of a huge container ship, and then a big male L57 Faith came close and started breaching over and over....so beautiful and powerful! Then Gaia L78 came very close and did a huge spyhop about 10' off the boat, and looked me right in the eye!!! Quite a few of the L pod group also were close by. From my whale diary: "spy hopping, rolling over, baby breach, tail slaps, baby face up, a little porpoising, and listening to them on a hydrophone...had one of the top 5 days of my whale watching life!" Every time I am with them, my connection grows deeper and stronger.