SLO, Part III

On our next day in SLO we grabbed some late morning sandwiches and headed to Morro Bay. We saw Morro Rock, spied some very cute sea otters, watched the surfers and taunted the squirrels.

We kept heading north to Moonstone Beach for some pebble skipping and driftwood collecting, then we pressed onto San Simeon to find us some elephant seals.

{he boldly went...}

{...where no squirrel had gone before}

{...and his friend came too}

{pebbles of Moonstone Beach}

{looking north}

{diligently collecting driftwood in the background}

{sunbathing}

{more sunbathing}

{self portrait of sunbath}

{green pebbles}

{huh?!}

{the famed San Simeon elephant seals}

{these elephants have the oddest sleeping habits*}

{ladies lounging}

{some people don't know this about me: if there is a puppy within 100 yards, I will find it}

{and I will love it}

{and if there is a puppy within a 5 mile radius, they find him}

{sparring, I think}

{this many elephant seals = worst smell ever}

{action shot of the flipper-sand-toss}

*F and I watched the elephant seals sleeping in the puddle, amazed. Here's what they do: they were all sleeping on their sides with their noses and mouths half in the water. We would watch their noses sink slowly into the water until they were completely submerged. After about a minute of having their noses under water the seals would startle awake unable to breathe and look around, dazed. Then they would settle into the puddle again, makings sure their nose was out of the water. Then they would slowly doze off like a baby, relaxing..deeper... and then their noses would be under water again. This was repeated over and over creating what appeared to be the least efficient way to nap in the entire world.