Our pick up driver (sorry I didn't get his name) was a gentleman with a lot of local color. He even took us past the bakery where he works from time to time. Great information mixed with humor and very solicitous of his passengers. Our guide and skipper was Anise, a great young man with lots of knowledge about Stephens Passage where we went to view whales. We were not disappointed. At one point we had 10 humpbacks feeding around the boat. With engines off, some came within about 50 feet of us, you could hear them exhale. Herring were skittering around the boat trying to escape. The views were amazing. We have been whale watching for 30 years and this had to be in the top three days we had on the water. The whales can't be guaranteed, but the experience on the water alone will be worth the trip.