When we got to the south island of NZ, it was cold and rainy. I put on every piece of clothing in my suitcase and started looking like an old fisherman. I began talking funny, warning people about foul winds. Then I got a strange desire to sail out into the cold ocean and seek the white whale. This was unusual for me. I’m from Nebraska.
Kaikoura is one of the few easy places to spot a sperm whale. So we climbed on a boat and went looking. We heard their call but unfortunately, the horrible beast never surfaced. Alas, we did manage to see a juvenile humpback, breaching over and over again like a trained seal. I wonder how much he was being paid? Here’s some of my wife’s shots.
