Seal Rock, OR
Today we went out to breakfast at Shari’s (Shari like sherry, not Shari like sorry) and I got some sort of mozzarella-and-marinara omelette, which was pretty tasty.
Next, we headed out toward the Sea Lion caves, and since that was so far away, we made plenty of stops along the scenic view car pull-off areas. Due to the wind and rain, I got lots of wild pictures of tall waves crashing against the massive sea stacks rising from the water, which was really neat.
Another cool thing was that just before we got to the actual Sea Lion Cave area, we hit the Seal Rock pull off, where we looked down over the cliff wall and what do you think were just kicked back, relaxing on the rocks below? That’s right, a bunch of seals just hanging out! They were stinky, but very cool.
Then we finally made it to the actual Sea Lion Caves at about 5:30 (they close at 6pm) and on the lookout there, we saw a baby sea lion nursing on his mother. (or wet nurse. how am I to know.) The cave itself was also pretty neat, but it was (obviously) dark, so I’m not sure how well those photos will come out.
We rounded out the evening with sandwiches and beer at McMenamin’s (I got a Porter, Todd got a beer with a lemon in it, I forget what it’s called.) and headed home after another successful day.