With beaches like this everywhere, how can I complain?
Things are going pretty good down here. The whales have been pretty good, though not quite as good as they will be later in the season. I’ve actually been so busy I haven’t had a chance to take pics of any yet! But that will come in good time….
The weather has been perfect and it sure is good to be back.
Today is the start of our grand finale of the Baja Season. Our 14 day photo trip is wildly popular and talked about with guests come out from all around the world. In essence, it’s a two week exploration of everything that is cool about Baja California. We will see dunes, mangroves and Grey Whales on the Pacific side for a couple of days, then make our way down and around to the Sea of Cortez. From there we head as far north as we can get. This is one of the few trips we do that we get up to Isla Rasa which is a migration spot for the Tern and Isla San Estaban where Sperm Whales have been known to hang out.
Since there are four published National Geographic photographers on board, the whole emphasis of this trip is about getting “the shot”. There is already a pretty big feeling around the ship, that stress that one feels to perform well when around others of equal or better caliber. It’s kind of nice to see it from a side view, and gain some perspective from it. Everyone on this trip has some very nice photo gear, so I suspect that there will be some great pictures coming out of the mix. I’ll have to try and sneak a few of mine in, and see what happens!
1. Traveling to beautiful places year around.
2. If you are having a bad day at work, you just look outside.
3. The whales. Lots and lots of whales.
4. The 10 second commute.
5. Working with top notch Natural History staff and Photographers.
6. Bio-luminescent Bow Riding Dolphins.
7. Calving Glaciers.
8. Taking a zodiac for a spin, and enjoying things many people never have a chance to see.
9. Summer solstice in Alaska.
10. Going on a trip that people pay thousands of dollars for, but instead they pay you to go.
