Wow. What a day! We got up early and drove down to Monterey Bay. We started the day with a whale watch tour. The company, Monterey Bay Whale Watching, was really outstanding. We saw a minke whale-rare to see because they are so quick and shy. Next we came across two humpbacks. Before anyone could take pics, a spotter contacted our crew of marine biolgists and naturalists with a tip of a blue whale sighting. We headed south to big sur to check it out. Along the way we came across theee more humpbacks at the surface. We got to see them spout and saw the flukes of 2 of them.