The Blue Whale

Last week Bob and I went out on a catamaran to see dolphins and maybe a whale. We were celebrating our 19th year of marriage. To take me out on the water is definitely a challenge to Bob cause he gets seasick pretty easily.

He knows I love the water and so there we were, out on the ocean together with about 25 others. We had gone out for a distance and hadn't seen a whale or dolphin when the captain got word of a blue whale out there somewhere.

After a while, suddenly someone started shouting and pointing out to the distance. "It's a footprint of the whale." someone said. I had never seen this before and was awed by the calmness in the middle of the vastly rolling waters.

Suddenly with lots of shouting and pointing we had our first peak at OUR whale. For the next 45 minutes we stayed with him/her enjoying the journey of rising out of the water and then falling back into the vastness of the ocean.

The blue whale I found out is the largest animal/mammal in the world, even bigger than the dinosaurs. Now that is impressive.

I felt so alive that day. The salt spray on my face, and blue whale breath on my cheek, I really felt one with the earth and all creation. The best meditation practice I'd had in a long time.