Elephant Seals

On our way to Big Sur, we stopped at an overlook to see the elephant seals. They were so amazing. Actually kind of hilarious in a gigantic, dangerous-mammal way.

The tourists, of course, were kept behind a chain link fence. Each of the seals had his/her own personality down there on the sand.

Some were near the water, others up higher on the sand. They didn't move much, except for one of them.

But even though they didn't move much, they were still fun to watch. One of them kept flipping sand over his back. Another one put his fins (hands) together like when people put their fingertips together.

Those are seagulls in the upper right-hand corner of the photo. Gives some idea of the size of the elephant seals.

The most active one humped down to the beach, lifted his head to say something (probably about the annoying tourists), and then swam out into the cove. (If you click on the picture, it will get bigger and you will see his mouth open as he's hollering.)

It was a good stop to stretch our legs, and so interesting to see these huge creatures!