Up the coast
Some knitting content soon, I promise. In the meantime, a few pictures from this weekend's trip to northern California.
For all of Friday, fog was our constant companion with only occasional partial clearings, until we reached the Bay Area.
Morro Bay was almost invisible early in the morning, but the fog dispersed enough after a while and the local fauna made up for the lack of visibility.
A friendly seagull in Morro Bay.
And further up the coast, squirrels with an unusual mottled coat.
Birds of all kinds…
And best of all, the elephant seals.
These two guys were intent on sleeping and snoring, big noses trembling and all.
This dude appeared from the sea à la James Bond, well… sort of.
He alternated 5-second bursts of energy and 5-minute rests when he looked to pooped out to ever want to move again.
It took him at least 15 minutes to cover the few feet between the water and the sleeping beauties.
He clearly wanted to crash the party.
I am not sure if he actually bit the other male,
but he landed on a sensitive spot, and big words followed.
For someone so fast asleep, the seal on the left woke up remarkably quickly…
… and for a minute things looked quite serious.
Then everybody settled down. One of the males didn't even wake up for the altercation. Wish I could sleep like that.
Comments
That sounds like a nice leisurely trip, and much better than the housecleaning and home reorganization "expedition" I went on this weekend.
Posted by: domesticshorthair | September 1, 2008 10:21 PM
Bentornata! Sei mancata, Francesca.
Posted by: Zita | September 2, 2008 7:43 AM
Ti ringrazio per le foto--son molto belle!
Fulvia at www.fulviastudio.com
Posted by: Fulvia Luciano | September 2, 2008 9:01 AM
'GASP'!
So beautiful!
Thanks for sharing your trip with us...I wish I could have gone too :(
-K
Posted by: Kent | September 2, 2008 1:05 PM
Great photos! I'll reply soon -- um, the gelato is Ciao Bella brand hazelnut.
The bull elephant seals can move VERY fast if they decide they want to meet a female (any creature, they aren't picky) up close and personal... Can be rather scary!
Posted by: Sylvia | September 2, 2008 6:49 PM
this makes me think of work. :P
Posted by: Bethany | September 3, 2008 12:05 AM
Ciao Francesca, che belle foto! :) Come si sta a LA? Bene, vero? :) Invidio un po' il "tuo" clima, io vivo da 3 mesi in Scozia e qui si GELA! :( Tornerò a visitare il tuo blog non appena mi sarà passato il raffreddore.
Posted by: Chiara | September 3, 2008 9:09 AM
Wha????? I thought you weren't going to knit for a while. I guess it has actually been while, right? Can't wait to see what you're working on.
Posted by: Ava | September 4, 2008 5:03 PM
Nice to see you relaxing for a change!
Posted by: Bobbi | September 5, 2008 6:01 AM
I love the little baby elephant seal schnookums...I just want to give him a scritch under the chin.
Posted by: Kyra | September 17, 2008 8:48 PM