bonus points

before engaging in rigorous activity, a warm-up is highly recommended. how does one warm up for catching big fish (something that 'for the house' is planning to do quite a bit of in 2010? by searching out, and watching the biggest swimming creatures in the world, whales!

on friday we redeemed our groupon-cupons for some whale watching. members of 'for the house': ameer. guest members: the yin yang twins.



cap't joe piloted the kitty kat. a catamaran, which moved faster in the water, rocked less, and used less fuel. thumbs up!


hold your breath, we may be going under!!!!



jon is the coolest whale watcher to sail (or motorboat) the seven seas.



we dubbed this sandwich "the harpoon" though i kept wanting to call it a torpedo.



and the payoff! we saw about half a dozen grey whales. they were migrating back north from mexican waters. sometimes they'd be under water for more than 5 mins, coming up for a puff of breath or



granted this gives us zero points towards the fishing blog competition between the fisherkings, in the event of a neck and neck tie, a photo finish if you will, biggest aquatic animal photographed may just be the razor's edge needed to decide the win. therefore this post is relevant, dare i say essential.