With a light breeze, 75 degrees and sunny, June 23rd marked the perfect day for the Port Townsend Orca Festival! The Orca Festival is annual tradition celebrating the relationships of two iconic species of the Salish Sea: the Orca and the Salmon. The festival is dedicated to deepening our relationship and responsibility to these species. So, whale experts, educators, artists and community members gathered to learn, explore, collaborate, and celebrate by the sea!
Not only was it the Orca Festival, but it was also Fin’s 30th Birthday. Fin the giant salmon was built in 1988 as a tool to teach children about their watershed and the role that salmon play in it. With a birthday hat and all, we celebrated Fin’s life work of inspiring wonder to folks of all ages!
