This was a relief from trying to open a US bank account in Carolyn's name. We are now experts on this and could answer questions on Mastermind! The same is not true of the employees of at least two local banks.
The first obstacle was that a US passport is not sufficient ID. We overcame this by dint of Jean from Rushwick sending Carolyn's Social Security Card to Jeanne, who forwarded it to Rose. Then we needed an official document linking Carolyn to her official US address, such as a letter from the bank we were trying to open an account at. Unfortunately that beat us; we no longer have enough time for this to happen but at least we now what to do next time.
The good news is that the bank let Carolyn pay an endorsed cheque into Rose's account, which she used to do routinely but which we were told was no longer possible! This was very frustrating and wasted a lot of valuable 'tourist' time!
So, whale watching. We really lucked out with our trip as we followed two greys on their mission to get back up north to their feeding grounds. They won't have eaten anything since leaving the Bering Sea in the Arctic back in December. They migrate down here to mate and then turn round and go back.....quite a journey when you think about it. Here are a couple of photos. They're not brilliant as you're never quite sure where they will surface!
This is a whale going down for a longer period, probably to escape the attentions of whale watchers!
They swim so slowly that barnacles grow on their skin. One theory is that they breach to dislodge some of them. We did see a pair breaching in sync but not in time to snap them - honest!
Location:Ventura
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