Humbled By Nature’s Grandeur

Part I of Essay
Kayaking with Killer Whales made me see life in a completely different way. With my Dad, I visited an island called San Juan Island, somewhere off the coast of Canada and Washington. One day I went to the Whale Research Museum and was intrigued with the nature of the Orca ....

Part II of Essay
.... The best part of my experience was in the water. We set out to sea around 5:00pm and returned at around 9:00pm. Those four hours were probably the best four hours of my adolescent life. When I was out on the kayak I saw so many killer whales it was unbelievable. We were in the midst of two whale pods numbering about 90 whales. I had heard that killer whales can attack people. Surprisingly, I was not afraid except for the fact of how cold the water was. It was so cold that if our kayak capsized both my father and I would have died in a ....