Today we woke a little later and were moving a little slower after our hiking marathon yesterday. We decided to explore the coves around Garrapata. Two years ago when we visited this park and explored the coves, we had our first kelp ball fight and found our first wild sea otter. It was overcast but the ocean views are spectacular. We found our cove and had our kelp ball fight. I found a large mushy one and when Amy caught it, kelp juice dripped onto her head. Good times! We decided to have a kelp tug of war. Sounded fun but is was a bit sticky and icky.
We finished playing in the cove and then had to find a way back up to the trail. It took a bit of crawling but I made it. Amy is as sure footed as a mountain goat and just bounded up the rocks. We continued hiking, following the coast. As we neared the end of the trail we finally found them - the elusive sea otter. Not just one but a family - mommy, daddy and a large baby. I took hundreds of photos and I hope some of them turn out. Between the telephone lens, my shaking arms and the ocean waves, more than a few will be blurry. I am posting some - you may not be able to tell what they are but when I get home I will crop and blow up the little brown dots and hopefully we all will be able to see the adorable sea otters.
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| Aren't they so cute? |
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| How adorable! |
While taking hundreds of photos of the adorable sea otter family, we thought we found another sea otter but it was a sea lion swimming through the surf. We followed him and he turned into our secret cove.
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| Sea Lion in the Surf |
After all this excitement we hiked back to the car and then drove into Monterey to pick up some candy at the See's store in the Del Monte Mall. We also visited Whole Foods were you can buy individual brown organic eggs for fifty cents. We picked up a few for breakfast and then head to our home away from - Safeway. Amy is busy taking online courses for work. I am updating my blog and facebook page. As for tomorrow, we can do something incredibly stupid like pick a very strenuous hike or we can take it easy. I vote for the incredibly stupid plan. Home now for grilled cheese, beer and buttered noodles.
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