Out in the sea: 24.9.2010

When the pod passed today they were out there in the open hunting in deep waters. No need to go there, there will be no interaction. But much later in the afternoon, the sea was flat like a mirror, Charlotte sees them. I don´t.
"You see them ? Let´s go!" and off we row. We row and row and, by the way, I can´t see anything. And we row... until we are far out there, close to the trawlers in the open deep sea. And yes indeed, there we meet three beautiful adult males. Big dolphins. And we are three miles away from the beach, everything on the coast looks tiny. How did Charlotte see them at that distance, I wonder. And we will have to get back eventually and night will be falling soon.
Now we know where the males spent their days. The name for a bottle nose dolphin is french is dauphin des larges, dolphins that swim out in the open. Rowing the way back was exhausting. My arms feel like butter. Then night falls.