Greg and I had a great time with our son, Matthew and his fiancee Michelle, my former student Heather (from 26 years ago) and her husband David, on Magdalena Island for our whale watching trip. It was a marvelous adventure, even though this time we didn’t get whales come to the boat close enough to touch, they were very close to our boat and we felt the thrill of being with them.

Looking at them in the water on the surface was surreal.

Magdalena Island has very few residents (under a 100) and most of them are fishermen and their families. Some of the fishermen have opted to use their pangas for whale watching. Others still fish. They live simply and seem very happy, which is easy to understand, as they are living so close to a large number of creatures in the wild. There is one church and a couple stores with snacks, plus a restaurant where we had lobster dinner the first night.

The photos above and below were taken at sunrise a few steps from the 4 bedroom house we stayed in.

Michelle, Matt, Heather, David, me, and Greg in front of the house we stayed in.

We took the boat through the mangroves to the sand dunes and the Pacific side of the island. The dunes are so fascinating and the beach is alive with shells and sand dollars.

We stayed on the dunes till the sun was setting over the Pacific Ocean. What fun!

I’ll close with this. Hope you enjoyed the photos. Thanks for stopping by.