Care & feeding of tourists….

Couple of weeks ago, Ron DiCristina reported a bit about how his weekend went, visiting the westside:

Hey Ian,

Marie, me & our dog “Molly” were out enjoying stormy weather at Lime Kiln Sunday, 9-6-09.  We noticed three things of interest:

1) Yes, tourists are still here, but not in large numbers,

2) Doug Bison’s newly installed bronze Orca by the park gift shop looks real nice and is worth a look.

3) The “Orca Express,” a lightly touristed whale watch boat, came by about 2:55 pm.  A lone Orca “spyhopped” them with just enough “hang time” to check them out and then went on its way.  The vessel did not bother the Orca, the Orca just seemed curious.

Okay, there’s 4). A nearby woman yells at her husband, “Photo that whale!”  Hubby says “What whale”?  She says, “That one, it’s on the right side of that boat!”  Hubby says, “Which right side?”  A rapid debate ensues over the true meaning of “right side” as said Orca drops below the surface.  The woman turns to us and asks (I know you’ve heard similar before, but you had to be there) “Do they train the whales to come up to the boats?”  I reply: “No, & they usually don’t come by until 3:15pm.  But today, they’re not wearing their watches.”

I’m sorry, I just couldn’t help myself.  It’s all one good time out here in the San Juans.  Bless ’em all and hope they have a safe ride back home today.

Ron

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