Whales, Seals, Dolphins.

On the last day of my Christmas break, I spent the morning kayaking in La Jolla with my friend Nick.  We were out on a whale-watching kayak tour and were lucky enough to see a grey whale come up VERY close to us.  It was so amazing!  We were about 3 miles out from shore and the guides said we could swim if we wanted.  I was the only one on the tour to get in the water.  A few minutes later some other people on the tour pointed behind me and gasped.  I turned around and saw a seal staring straight at me from about 3 feet away.  He slowly swam toward me and I froze... getting pretty scared as he got closer!  Finally he came up right to me, swam underneath me, slapped my ass and swam down deep into the ocean, never to be seen again.  It was one of the scariest and most incredible moments! I was too scared to laugh for a minute but eventually it was the joke of the tour.  While kayaking back into shore, we saw a group of dolphins jumping through the waves.  It was an absolutely beautiful morning.