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Mystic and Provincetown ID

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Decided that I should throw together a new dA ID using photos from my recent trip to Mystic Connecticut, and Provincetown Massachusetts!

Mystic Aquarium
Went all the way to Mystic to visit Juno, a beluga whale who was born at Marineland nine years ago! He moved to SeaWorld Florida several years ago (where I had hoped to visit him, but it was too far away), and about a year ago he moved to Mystic Aquarium. I was thrilled when Juno seemed to recognize me, he saw me at the window, came right over and started to follow me. I ran back and forth along all of the viewing windows with him at my heels. His facial expressions blew me away! Also did the Beluga Encounter Program with him, which was awesome! Despite being much larger and whiter, Juno is so much the same... love him!

Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch
Having driven over 8 hours to Mystic, figured it was completely worth it to drive another 3 hours to make a lifelong dream come true... to see humpback whales in the wild! Saw several humpbacks including Nile (who was pec slapping up a storm), Barb, Warrior and Springboard (who was lob tailing like crazy)... I even ID'd some whales based on my photos, which was fun. I also saw two Minke Whales (no photos, sadly they were very far out and very fast moving), and one grey seal. At a couple of points, we were within 5-10 feet of humpbacks! It was truly amazing!

About the Photos
Top four photos are of me with Juno, including some of his more adorable expressions... and the bottom photo is me (on the left in the green shirt) taking some photos of Warrior during the whale watch. At times we were MUCH closer to the whales than the photo suggests.

I'll be posting better photos from my trip soon! ;P
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GeneralCambronne's avatar
You must have a great Dad to take you to places like this...