Who needs more things as birthday gifts? My 70th birthday was coming up in June when I did Kayaking(划皮划艇)with my son. Paul and I took a double kayak so I could stop (36)______(row) anytime to take photos.Our guides knew the best places(37)______(find) whales, sea lions and dolphins. We were never(38)______(disappoint) Sometimes we didn't bother with the photos and just watched in wonder as magnificent(39)______(creature) came nearer for us to see eyeball to eyeball. Posing for a photographer was not high(40)______their priority list. Sometimes, though, the sea lions would appear to be looking (41)______( direct) at us as if to say, "Here I am. Take my picture?One morning, the whales put on (42)______ performance for us, probably no more than 20 meters offshore. We (43)______(see) a unique tail appear, then another, then another. Each time, it was a little(44)______(close) to us. They were coming our way! We were screaming, "Whale, whale!" every time one jumped.All too soon, it was time for us to leave Hanson Island,(45)______we had spent four wonderful days. I asked Paul, "What are you going to do for my 80th?