Beginning year 4 of my Something New Practice with a new experience—whale watching off the Monterey coast. My dear friend Kathy and her sister Margot joined me for the four-hour tour, where we saw humpback whales and Risso’s dolphins leaping and splashing in the ocean almost like a performance. One of my favorite places to be is on the water feeling the motion of life in the waves—and this new experience brought the life to the surface and to the cheers of all on boat. I have been whale watching off the coasts of New Zealand, Hawaii, Cape Cod and Washington state but never in California!