The elephant seals at Ano Nuevo were incredible! We went with other homeschoolers and were within feet of these enormous creatures. And what a sight... we saw everything: weiners, mamas, bulls; mating, fighting, sleeping, lounging in pools, chases and everything else. The day was unusually sunny, especially for the coast. And we were lucky in more ways
than that: the wildlife was out for us to observe and wonder at! Coyote, garter snake, raptors, rabbits, and of course the stars - the seals.
Skeletons were out at the ranger post to compare head size. The grizzly bear's head is much smaller than the elephant seal's. I also held all the kids up to the life size wooden cutouts of the seals and none of them were even as long as a pup! We ate our picnic lunch while the kids ran and hid in the bushes, making new trails, and worrying us when they were too far to hear our calls. They had a blast.
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