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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Here is the synopsis from Saturday, January 3 out of <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ventura</st1:place></st1:City>: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Trip saw one Gray Whale (sort of) – will explain in the embellishment and
a few common dolphins (<50))<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Trip saw 3 Gray Whales, one of which was a juvenile a small number of common
dolphins. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>And now for the embellishment of Saturday’s
whale watching adventure with Captain Lee, crew Jason and Katie along with
naturalists Scott and Dick. We had approximately 100 passengers among the
two trips with representatives from <st1:country-region w:st="on">Turkey</st1:country-region>,
Puerto Rico, <st1:City w:st="on">London</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Michigan</st1:State>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Illinois</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State>
and the usual hordes from <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>.
The seas were incredibly calm with hardly any swell and very little wind.
The day presented perfect conditions for searching out the elusive Gray
Whale. During the morning trip we spotted a very visible spout, just off
the west end of Anacapa. It was right in our path, but after the initial
sighting of the blow, we never saw evidence of the whale again. Somehow
he completely eluded us. The afternoon trip began by heading toward east
Anacapa. We encountered a very few common dolphins. After
traversing the back side of Anacapa we encountered two Gray Whales off the east
end of Anacapa in almost the exact spot we saw the elusive spout in the
morning. Further out in the gap we encountered a juvenile Gray which
provided numerous flukes for the visitors. A beautiful sunset was
experienced on the way back to port. It was another incredible day on the
water. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 color=black
face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dick Bellman</span></font></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>
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