Do you see that whale?

  Of course it seems like all we do is fun and games, but we have done over 113,000 images since we have been here.  So we took two days off this week and went on a whale-watching excursion.  We went up to the peninsula the day before and stayed with other missionary friends at a cute little "funky" bed and breakfast.  Walked on the beach, went into the gorgeous water, had dinner by the sea (seafood, of course), and were amazed by the full moon over the water.  The whale day started with rain, but we decided that whales don't care, so we went to the boat.  Do you see the whale in this picture?  No?  Well, neither did we!  They told us they saw a spout, but we never saw anything, so they gave us a ticket for a return trip.  The water was spectacular though.  The above island may be the one where the pirate, Barrister, left some buried treasure--not yet found!  Did you know some humpback whales swim 7000 miles from the North Atlantic every year to winter in the Dominican Republic?  Even though it is beautiful, I'm glad we didn't have to swim that far!

Yes, the water really was that color!

Our funky little b and b--not fancy, but fine!

Couldn't quite capture the beauty, but had to share!

Playground on the beach at Los Terrenes--color!

Roots of a palm tree on the beach!

Earl's big fish dinner!

My clam spaghetti--who knew they would still be in their shells?  Not hard to remove, though.

Sorry, I couldn't control how they put these pictures and they wouldn't let me move them.  So they are what they are!