Easter Sunday brought cloudy but warm weather to Kenai. Temps were in the upper 50s. We have been noticing spring changes: Canada geese, trumpeter swans, much less to no ice in the inlet and river, no more snow in our front yard, tapping of birch trees, and no jackets! The snowshoe hares have also been changing their winter coats to a grayish-brown. The one in our front yard last night had completely changed except for its feet. It looks like its wearing white socks.
We went on a Gray Whale Watching tour on Friday. The weather was rainy and we did not see any whales, but we did see sea otters, stellar sea lions, and dall porpoises. The dall porpoises were bow riding. They kept jumping out of the water right in front of the bow. They did this for at least 5 continuous minutes. They are smaller than bottlenose dolphins, but are similar in shape. Their coloring is similar to that of orcas.
For Easter Sunday we enjoyed the warmer weather, playing boccee, which was an intensely close game of 20 to 22, Jon winning. We also played some traditional American catch in the front yard.
22 days left of school.
sunrise- 6:20 AM
sunset- 9:48 PM
gas prices- $4.35
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