Years ago when I was a wee little lad, I went fishing near the KFC in downtown Olympia where Capitol Lake enters Budd Inlet. They had a dock where you could fish, and it was open back then. Caught many a flounder.

Anyway, one day after C&R'ing my third grebe (sp?) for the day, everyone gasped. I looked up and there was a gray whale surfacing in between the two bridges. Pretty cool sight for an 8 year old. First whale I ever saw.