Harbor Seal at Asilomar

Anne, Chris and I went to Carmel-by-the Sea. We had breakfast at Katy’s Place. Katy’s is a venerable and popular eating establishment. We got there early enough that for the first time we didn’t have to wait for a table, but instead just walked in and sat down. After breakfast, we headed to Asilomar. Asilomar is famous for hosting the TED Talks, but it also sports a marine preserve, a beach and some pretty good surfing. We got there at low tide and did some tide-pooling. The seal picture is from this exercise. Later, we went to Lovers Point in Pacific Grove. There were plenty of seals there too. We ended up watching them from a park bench for an hour or so. They would compete for the driest rock that they could manage to slither on top of. All the while a rising tide would float the boats of the less fortunate ones.