by noyopacific ?? Fri May 03, 2013 2:42 am Reaching out and touching, literally petting the wild Gray Whales on Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico was the #1 most memorable trip we took when our daughter back when she was 5 (and we took her to at least 20 U.S. States & a dozen countries while she was growing up.) Our kid is an animal lover so this was a factor.