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A visit to
Cabo San Lucas in Baja California ... |
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Three ~ a trip to see the Gray Whales |
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at the
Hotel California in Todos Santos, |
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about 40
miles north of Cabo San Lucas, |
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signatures
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signifying a visit to the
Tropic of Cancer |
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after margaritas at the Hotel
California, boarding the
bus again with
ten couples
led by Rafael and Neto |
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the
landscape along
the way
a trip
270 miles north to see the gray whales
in
Magdalena Bay
Baja California Sur |
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Granny
and skipper Daniel on the way to find whales |
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Rafael on
the bow, looking for gray whales |
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a Gray Whale and her baby
surface next to the boats |
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happy
Rafael |
a whale
looks at Granny |
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Debi pets
a baby gray whale |
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gray
whales, like all baleen whales, have two blowholes |
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petting the whales |
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goodbye
to the whales ~ a whale tail with view of the body underwater |
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followed
by a lobster feed at Bahia Magdalena before the long bus ride back |
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Mira Mar Restaurant sign |
empty lobster shells |
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Bahia
Magdalena is a fishing village, population 330 |
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