It sure was cool with whales all around me, close and personal. I was fishin alone, and it was just me and the orcas.

The picture of the whales with the mountain is my favorite too. I wish it was in focus, but it does show how pretty it was right then at sunset - a special evening.

And the man overboard, I never heard. There wasn't as much CG activity as I would have expected, so I suspect it might have been a bogus report that they felt obligated to check out. I was in the area, so when I heard it on the VHF, I gave'em 45 minutes or so. If somebody really had fallen off the ferry, they woulda been getting cold FAST. I did catch a bit of the news that night, but I assumed it was up North by the border - a man overboard call got the cops out, but it turned out to be a guy with a kayak full of ganja. Wish I knew more.