I hadn't been on a whale watch in several years, and David had never been on one, so in early August when we were at the Cape, we went on a whale watch! We used Hyannis Whale Watcher Cruises out of Barnstable because it's nearby, I've used them in the past, and they do a great job.
The day did not disappoint. We saw many whales, or at least parts of them. I think it was something like 12 different whales were sighted!
First, we sailed past Sandy Neck before going into Cape Cod Bay and the open water above it. 
I wore my whale-print blouse for the occasion.
Many of our sightings at first were of whales flipping their fins on the water's surface from below. I liked the satisfying Slap! sound it made on the water.
I like how this picture captured the water flowing off the fin in mid-air.
Here you could see the fin and part of the tail sticking up. The whale must have been swimming on its side. (I know, I'm a genius.)
This one was diving down.
Look at the water trails dripping off that beautiful fin!
And here was one breaching in the distance! 😍
Spouting off. I do that sometimes too. 😄
There were two of them next to each other. They looked like they were playing, or waving at us (or both!).
Fin + tail again
The side of the boat was lined with people watching and taking pictures on both decks.
I love whale tails. You could almost picture them belonging to mermaids! Very large mermaids. 😄
Two whales again. I don't know if they were two different ones or the same ones as before.
There was a cute seal in the water!
I love these breaching pictures.
It literally looks like it's laying on top of the water in this shot!
Splash!
David got some really good closer-up shots of the whale breaching.
And a final beautiful whale tail!
David has his own sailboat in Montana and is a skilled sailor. Needless to say, he's good on boats!
There was a powerful wake in our midst as we sped back to shore at the end of our whale-watching adventure.
I love whales—they are the gentle giants of the sea, powerful and majestic. And I really enjoy whale watches. This was a good fin-tastic one!
