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Lucy Dies



Lucy was headed toward the ocean yesterday and we were thrilled that she was going in the right direction, but her timing wasn't the best.   While the river was full and vibrant when she entered to raise her calf, after six weeks, the river has become more shallow, exposing the riverbeds and surprise sandbars mid river. 

So it is with a sad heart that I have to report that during the night, Lucy got caught on one of thos...
Baby Gray returns to ocean.   Mom still in the river.

After two days of swimming further and further away from his mother, the baby gray whale
has split from his mother completely and has made his way back to the ocean.  In the meantime, mom continues to swim circles right under the Golden Bear Bridge on Hwy 101 in Klamath, California. 

Authorities are starting to worry because the mother seems to be moving up river which becom...
The mother California Grey Whale and her calf  (Lucy and Little Ricky) are still here in the Klamath River.   They are hanging out closer and closer to the shore, delighting people who are now coming from neighboring cities all over to see them.   It appears, however, that the whales are having as much fun watching us as we are watching them.    You'll see in one part of this new video that Lucy comes clos...

The momma and baby gray whales, Lucy and Little Ricky, are still having a grand old time in the Klamath River, in Northern California, just down the road from where we are staying in Kamp Klamath.    The two have been in the same spot in the river since June 27th.



This photo was taken by fellow whale watcher, Ashley Donnell.   You can see  the mother rolling about and there's the baby beside her still underwater...&n...
The gray whales, Lucy and Little Ricky (my personal names for the mother and calf) have been in the Klamath River for six days now and seem to be content staying in the very spot of the river where we first saw them.   

People are still gathering and quietly watching them from the banks of the river, many now with high powered camera lenses taking pictures.    Friday, we saw a person with the trunk of his car open, ...
In Memorium...

You just never know what the day is going to bring!


Great new updated video can be found here...
http://newradio.com/RVDREAMRADIO/33010
and a newer one here...
http://newradio.com/RVDREAMRADIO/33199



Kamp Klamath this morning is all abuzz with the news that a gray whale and her young calf have taken a detour from the ocean and come just a mile or two up the Klamath River!    It's only the fifth time in recent h...