Lucky Day

Yesterday was a holiday here in Japan and so Tigerpapa and the kids had the day off. We were contemplating what to do with ourselves when my LSF (Lovely Scottish Friend) called up and invited us for a ride on her dh`s boat! The weather was gorgeous and so we happily took her up on the offer. As we were leaving the harbour LSF remarked, "The water looks like glass" and it did. Unfortunately, once you get out to open water it`s quite bumpy. Nothing too serious but about as bumpy as I can handle without hurling. Anyhoo, the next thing I know Tigerpapa is yelling, "Look, Look!" and pointing off in the distance. I looked just in time to see a whale JUMPING out of the water...just like a dolphin. It was amazing! LSFDH (Lovely Scottish Friend`s Dear Husband) picked up the speed and we chased whales for a couple of hours. At one point the whales were within 50 metres of the boat! I actually asked my LSF if they ever hit boats. She said sometimes. Oh. Luckily, they didn`t hit us. This picture is the best we could get and sadly it doesn`t represent the whales well at all so you will have to use your imagination a little bit:


The "Lucky" part of this day was seeing the whales. They don`t usually come in so close to land and so you have to go out on a whale watching tour to see them.

And the fun didn`t stop there. We decided to have a bbq at LSF`s house and so off we went to prepare the grill and get the food ready. My LSF is such a great hostess and she always thinks of Tigergirl and Tigerboy....like getting them a little tennis set to play with and starting up a game of hide and seek. How she stays on top of everything so well is amazing as she also has 4-week-old triplets!



Needless to say, we all had such a great time and I can`t wait to do it again!