Mother Nature's Seaside Gallery

5

miles

north

of

San Simeon,

the southern end

of

Big Sur,

is

a

a half mile

of

Mother Nature's

creative

artistry

Mother Nature

put

quite

a sense

of humor

into her craft

She

created

massive blobs,

with fins

and tails

and

big ugly noses...

and

she

called

them

"Elephant Seals"

There

is about a half mile

of

boardwalk

along the beach

where

you can

enjoy

Mother Nature's

gallery

quite

up close

baby

Elephant Seals

are

born during

winter months

here

in the

Central Coast

there

is

a baby

alongside

virtually every female...

.....along

the expanse of

Elephant Seal beach

Mother Nature

was not

so

kind to her

female

seals

as

their life is

basically

grow -mate -give birth - nurse - mate - give birth - nurse ...

but then

those

babies

are so darn cute

that I guess it is all worth it

and those

blobberous

(is that a word?)

males

they

just eat

grow to be massive

mate

eat

fight

and mate

and chase females

Mother Nature

does

provide such

a beautiful playground

for

her

creations

..

lots

of

cold, clean water

to play

Elephant Seal games

in

warm sunshine to sleep in

fish to eat

and humans to keep the playground well protected

You can

spend

hours

watching

the

hundreds

of

Elephant Seals...

the babies squawk

as they

play,

the bulls

growl

as they fight for

their

ALPHA status

they flip sand

and

scoot,

dive in and out

of the water

and then

all snuggle

together

and

warm themselves in the sun

we

took

it all

in.......

warmed our faces

in the sun

breathed

the fresh sea air

and

took in

Mother Nature's glory

heading

back south

we

stopped

for lunch

at

Moonstone Beach

(near Cambria)

lots

of good food

on the menu

and

really delicious

grilled fish tacos

(the salmon was perfectly delicious!)

and

the view?

spectacular!

The Elephant Seals

can be seen year around -

so worth

a visit

..

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