How To Enjoy Whale Watching

I just got back from a week long trip to Acadia National Park in Maine. I thought I would share a bit about going whale watching, which we did.

How to enjoy whale watching!

We had to take a different day than the ticket were for due to bad weather. I can’t imagine what it would have been like out there on a stormy rainy day.

We stopped at some little island and took a few pictures of a light house and everything was good. Then we went out to find the whales.

The lighthouse before the barf storm

Here’s my major tip on enjoying whale watching.

Take the largest recommended dose of dramamine an hour before you go on the boat.

The boat must hold close to a hundred people and I would guesstamate that over half of them threw up! We were in the top cabin, just behind the captain’s bridge. There were maybe fifty people in there.

Once we started hitting the larger waves out to sea, most of those fifty people in the cabin where hurling up their breakfast! Imagine the fart scene from Blazing Saddles only with barfing instead.

I wasn’t really sick, but the sound and smell of that may people vomiting all at the same time got to me. Our Granddaughter was with us and she didn’t look too good either so I, magnanimously, offered to take her out to get some fresh air.

Once we got to where the whales were, it was more interesting and easier to take your mind off the fact that any where from five to twenty people around you were holding full barf bags.

Hard to see the size, but this was maybe fifty yards away.

We did see some whales and it was pretty impressive. I never gave it much thought to the size of those animals, but when they are no more that fifty yards or closer, it became pretty evident!

Non-Porsche whale tail

I am happy to say that the trip back to Bar Harbor was easy and everyone seemed to feel better.

Remember, I don’t care how macho you are, take the damned dramamine! It may well save you from leaving your lunch on the deck!