We drove over to the coast today, to the uppermost corner of Oregon, walked out on a jetty not far from where the Columbia river enters the ocean. And we saw whales! 3 of them. The closest any of them came was about 100 feet from where we were standing. It was amazing, one of them was huge, looked like he was about 40 feet long. My son and his gf had not seen any whales yet so it was double exciting seeing them with him today! Here's a pic of one of them, verrrrry close to the jetty.