[dropcap custom_class=”whb”]Today when we awoke it was rainy and cold. We were scheduled to go on a whale watching boat ride this morning at 9. We ate breakfast at the hotel and then set out for the Old Harbor. The harbor is several blocks away. I had put on my rain pants before we left the hotel. But I did not have a hat on, so by the time we got to the harbor my hair was drenched. We traded in our voucher for tickets and went to wait in the cafe for the tour to start.
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When we got on the whale watching boat they gave us some coveralls to keep us warm and dry. They also offered sea sickness pills because the water was so rough. Jay and I declined because we have never been bothered by motion sickness. And off we went out into the North Atlantic Ocean looking for whales. The water was rough and the boat bounced around. When we got to where they thought we may see some whales everyone went up onto the open deck. It was very cold up on the open deck and very rough. You had to hold on so you didn’t fall. The gloves on my hands got wet from all the rain and my hands were freezing.
Then they started spotting the whales. They would call out whale at 12 o’clock or whale at 1 o’clock. Everyone would rush to that side of the boat to look for the whale, but of course by the time you got there, the whale was gone. I never did see a whale and after a while I didn’t really care any longer, I just wanted to get warm. I think they should change the name from “Whale Watching” to maybe “Looking for whales”. we didn’t really watch any whales we were just trying to spot them.
By the time I went back downstairs, my feet felt like they were frozen. Since we had stayed out longer than anticipated looking for whales, they took us to a different harbor and put us on buses to take us back to Old Harbor in Reykjavik. From there we walked back to our hotel.
