Lets' Go See the Whales

 The last four years have been an amazing experience. Becoming a blogger. Learning HTML, being accepted into the blogging community, and finally getting recognition from my fellow bloggers. I have loved being a mommy and being a mommy blogger.

But as with all things time and circumstance change us. I have out grown the mommy blog. My kids are teenagers and with that comes a whole new life and outlook. So I am re branding myself and starting a new blog. I invite all my followers and new and old to come check out For Life After. This is my new blog where I will be redefining myself For Life After. Life After kids, life after the death of a parent, life after 40 (and soon 50). Life is all about change and I have decided to embrace it all.

Thank you to all of you who have made this an amazing experience.

Michelle



 Whale watching season began December 26, 2014. This is perfect activity for gathering up with friends and family and catch a glimpse of nature, up close and personal!  Island Packers, Ventura County’s official concessionaire to the Channel Islands National Park, is now offering half-day whale watching excursions to view these magnificent mammals. Visit our website for current marine mammal sightings recorded daily from our boat captains.

The 3 -3.5 hour non-landing, narrated trips are offered from both Ventura Harbor and Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard.  Trips depart almost daily at 9:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. All-day trips with landings on Anacapa or Santa Cruz Islands are available.

The rates for the half-day trips are $37 for adults, $33 for seniors and $27 for children 12 and under. Full-day trips to Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands are $59 per adult. Camping is also available on all five islands. Boat transportation costs range from $79 per adult. Advance reservations are advised and can be made online at www.islandpackers.com or by calling 805-642-1393.

About Pacific Gray Whales
Every year, an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 Pacific Gray Whales migrate through the Santa Barbara Channel on their way to and from the warm lagoons of Baja California, Mexico.  Typically the pregnant females are the first to leave the feeding grounds in Alaska and head south, needing to get to the lagoons to birth their calves.  Following them are the mature adults, sometimes displaying mating behavior as they migrate through the Channel.  The last to leave the productive waters of Alaska are the jueveniles, who are more interested in feeding than anything else.  They are sometimes more playful than the adults, breaching and spy hopping for lucky whale watchers.

About Island Packers
Island Packers, family owned since 1968, is the concessionaire authorized by the National Park Service to provide boat transportation to the Channel Islands National Park.  We welcome you to visit our gift shop at the main office located at 1691 Spinnaker Drive, Suite 105B in Ventura Harbor Village.  Island Packers is open daily 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  For more information visit our web site at www.islandpackers.com or call 805-642-1393.
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