Early Morning phone call-Whale sighting alert

whale fluke coming out of the water at Herring Cove, Provincetown, MA..photo taken from shore

The phone rang early yesterday morning, and my cousin who lives on Cape Cod, called and wanted me to come down for the day. Cheryl wanted to go to Race Point, Provincetown, MA to see if we could see the pod of 50 migrating right whales ( most endangered whale species) that had been sighted and could be seen from shore. The whales are suppose to be in the area for a few days. Click to read more about right whales.

I've been on a whale watch in a boat, but I had never seen whales from shore. I'm so glad I had the opportunity to go and see the whales.
I quickly made Tom's lunch, got ready and headed out to the Cape. I picked up my cousin and off we went.
On the ride to Provincetown so many spring trees, shrubs and flowers were in bloom. It was a gorgeous, sunny and warm day, a perfect day for a ride. Everything is about 1-2 months ahead of schedule this year due to the extremely warm winter we've had.
star magnolia blooming..I love these trees
 scotch broom grows all along the dunes and roadway at Race Point, tip of Cape Cod. In the spring the plants will be covered with pale yellow flowers.
dune grass  sand dune and  fencing taken on the road to Herring Cove and Race Point, Provincetown..reflections on the sand of the fencing
dunes..Race Point, Provincetown
fencing on the dunes with reflection
  National Seashore beach area where we also watched the migrating right whales
  hard to take a photo of a whale blowing (exhaling). By the time I spotted a whales blow of water and got my little digital camera focused the water had mostly dispersed..look on the right hand side of  at the top of the dark blue water you will see a puff of white...whale blowing water. That's all I managed to capture. The photos were taken using 40 x zoom.
    center of photo..whale blow
girl sitting near the waters edge in wet suit at Herring Cove, Provincetown looking towards Race Point and lighthouse
at Herring Cove a girl was in a wet suit and in the cold water
odd shaped house on a street in the West End of Provincetown. Love the widow's walk on the roof.

crows are everywhere on the Cape..this one looks like he is standing guard







my favorite gum and candy from my childhood. Love going to the old Brewster General Store on 6-A when I go to the Cape. I always stock up on Teaberry gum. The store has so many wonderful things.

Late afternoon we stopped at A.C. Moore and Michael's in Hyannis. I hadn't been in a craft store in about 2 months, which was a record for me. :-)
I picked up a couple of Tim Holtz folders that were on clearance and then had an additional 40% off..great deal. I bought some papers, a 6 x6  paper stack, a package of tissue paper that was the color of kraft paper with old keys all over the tissue and some Sea World stickers that were in the mark down bin.

All in all I had a lovely day. I hope you did too.

I also want to thank those who leave comments..it let's me know that my blog is being read.
Elaine