{"id":18588,"date":"2022-02-11T15:02:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T07:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.com.au\/?p=18588"},"modified":"2022-05-26T17:42:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T09:42:08","slug":"summer-storm","status":"publish","type":"daily_blogs","link":"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/blogs\/daily\/summer-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Storm!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow: visible; cursor: text; clear: both; position: relative; direction: ltr; color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #d0cece; line-height: 12.95px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont', 'Helvetica Neue_MSFontService', sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">11.02.2022<\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; line-height: 12.95px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont', 'Helvetica Neue_MSFontService', sans-serif; color: #d0cece;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow: visible; cursor: text; clear: both; position: relative; direction: ltr; color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span class=\"EOP SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; line-height: 12.95px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont', 'Helvetica Neue_MSFontService', sans-serif; color: #d0cece;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow: visible; cursor: text; clear: both; position: relative; direction: ltr; color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #d0cece; line-height: 12.95px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont', 'Helvetica Neue_MSFontService', sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">Summer Storm!<\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; line-height: 12.95px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont', 'Helvetica Neue_MSFontService', sans-serif; color: #d0cece;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow: visible; cursor: text; clear: both; position: relative; direction: ltr; color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span class=\"EOP SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; line-height: 12.95px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont', 'Helvetica Neue_MSFontService', sans-serif; color: #d0cece;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow: visible; cursor: text; clear: both; position: relative; direction: ltr; color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #d0cece; line-height: 12.95px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont', 'Helvetica Neue_MSFontService', sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">With extremely warm weather for <\/span><span class=\"ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-position: left bottom; background-image: url('data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAPEDAABVzDNVzDNV\/wAAACH5BAUAAAMALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIInC2QchYKQgEAOw=='); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;\">Bremer <\/span><span class=\"ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-position: left bottom; background-image: url('data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAPEDAABVzDNVzDNV\/wAAACH5BAUAAAMALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIInC2QchYKQgEAOw=='); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;\">Bay<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\"> we were glad to be out on the water! A sweet 42 degrees forecast had us hot under the collar before the sun could rise this morning.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; line-height: 12.95px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont', 'Helvetica Neue_MSFontService', sans-serif; color: #d0cece;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow: visible; cursor: text; clear: both; position: relative; direction: ltr; color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #d0cece; line-height: 12.95px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont', 'Helvetica Neue_MSFontService', sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">We had morning tea with El <\/span><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-position: left bottom; background-image: url('data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP\/\/\/\/8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=='); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;\">Notcho<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">, Cookie, Oreo, Swirl, plus the rest of the pod. With slow surfaces we were able to fully take in their incredible strength and glossy skin. With passengers identifying the differences between each whale from their individual markings on their dorsal and eyepatches. It is always fun to get everyone onboard to identify them! By having a collective <\/span><span class=\"ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-position: left bottom; background-image: url('data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAPEDAABVzDNVzDNV\/wAAACH5BAUAAAMALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIInC2QchYKQgEAOw=='); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;\">catalogue<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\"> it helps with monitoring these pods in more ways than one. A big win for science!<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; line-height: 12.95px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont', 'Helvetica Neue_MSFontService', sans-serif; color: #d0cece;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow: visible; cursor: text; clear: both; position: relative; direction: ltr; color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #d0cece; line-height: 12.95px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont', 'Helvetica Neue_MSFontService', sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">It was <\/span><span class=\"ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-position: left bottom; background-image: url('data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAPEDAABVzDNVzDNV\/wAAACH5BAUAAAMALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIInC2QchYKQgEAOw=='); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;\">a fresh calamari<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\"> lunch <\/span><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-position: left bottom; background-image: url('data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP\/\/\/\/8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=='); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;\">kinda<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\"> day. We came upon a bird swirl and below them were the remnants of a half-munched squid meal. There was what appeared to be fresh shark bite marks (most likely post-predation) on one section and the seabirds pulling at other parts.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; line-height: 12.95px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont', 'Helvetica Neue_MSFontService', sans-serif; color: #d0cece;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow: visible; cursor: text; clear: both; position: relative; direction: ltr; color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #d0cece; line-height: 12.95px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont', 'Helvetica Neue_MSFontService', sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">The afternoon was spent with three more pods of orca. Nani and little calf Neo were here, with the <\/span><span class=\"ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-position: left bottom; background-image: url('data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAPEDAABVzDNVzDNV\/wAAACH5BAUAAAMALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIInC2QchYKQgEAOw=='); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;\">ever wonky<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\"> fin Wonks, plus the entire pod led by matriarch Split Tip.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; line-height: 12.95px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont', 'Helvetica Neue_MSFontService', sans-serif; color: #d0cece;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow: visible; cursor: text; clear: both; position: relative; direction: ltr; color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #d0cece; line-height: 12.95px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont', 'Helvetica Neue_MSFontService', sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">Multiple close passes by this mob, with various Sunfish taking our attention away for a short second. We had sharks too, only small whaler types that never surfaced but a good sign of the diversity out here in the canyon. The orca <\/span><span class=\"ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-position: left bottom; background-image: url('data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAPEDAABVzDNVzDNV\/wAAACH5BAUAAAMALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIInC2QchYKQgEAOw=='); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;\">were<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\"> chugging along back towards the hotspot. I still get goosebumps when the big pods surface in synchro. The combination of over ten blows split seconds after each other and the big white eye patches coming out of the water. This is shortly followed by the sleek <\/span><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-position: left bottom; background-image: url('data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP\/\/\/\/8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=='); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;\">dorsals<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\"> silently cutting out and then back in. Then as if that was too perfect and little calf does the exact same only slightly messier and less practiced.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; line-height: 12.95px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont', 'Helvetica Neue_MSFontService', sans-serif; color: #d0cece;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow: visible; cursor: text; clear: both; position: relative; direction: ltr; color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #d0cece; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 12.95px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont', 'Helvetica Neue_MSFontService', sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW106272438 BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">On our way home we were able to watch the thunderstorm roll in. 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