Gray whales migrate between their feeding grounds and breeding grounds each year. North Pacific gray whales wisely spend the winter at their breeding grounds in the warm waters off the Baja California Peninsula. Then, by mid-March, as the whales return north, they pass by the west coast of Vancouver Island, near Tofino, en route to their summer feeding grounds in the Bering Sea. Tofino, an outdoorsy retreat on Clayoquot Sound, provides a breathtaking backdrop for whale watchers this time of year. After the whales have passed through, the area continues to attract outdoor enthusiasts who are drawn to legendary surfing, hiking, and storm watching along the dramatic coastline.
Next stop, Tofino
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Water colors
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Happy 800th, Salisbury Cathedral
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GOAL!
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National Park Week begins
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American goldfinch
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St. Joseph North Pier Inner and Outer Lights, Michigan
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Storm rolls over the grasslands
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Church of Notre Dame de Bon-Port, Les Sables-dOlonne, France
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World Rivers Day
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Light show at the skatepark
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National Napping Day
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A treaty for science
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Happy Independence Day!
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Last stop before leaving the solar system
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Duck, duck. duck, duck, duck...
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An icy extravaganza
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Glenariff Forest Park, Northern Ireland, UK
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The Great Glen
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Thorrablot: The Icelandic midwinter festival
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A whale of a hug
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Everglades National Park, Florida
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That bill s just not going to fit
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Village of Saranac Lake, New York
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Yosemite National Park turns 132
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Italy s submerged village
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‘The memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever’
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC
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Kawachi Fuji Garden
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FOR FOREST by Klaus Littmann
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Tough turf
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