We are nearing the end of my big adventure on California’s Highway One… which, of course, since I am doing the story of my trip to the Bay Area backwards means we still have a long way to go… but let’s finish this part up with style… and large sea mammals…

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Oh yeah! I just happened to drive by a beach where the Elephant Seals were just gearing up for the mating season. So far, it is just the juvenile males who have no chance of… uh… getting a ‘date’ to the prom that are practicing their fighting skills. The big guys come in at the end and winner takes all…

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I finally got down out of the bigger mountains and the steep cliffs and into the more gently rolling hills as I got back into Southern California. That picture up there is blurry because I didn’t stop the car to take it.

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But then I had to stop and run across the highway when I noticed a blue tint to the farmland to the East.

a 1 a 4This huge meadow full of grazing cows is right across Highway One from the ocean. I can’t begin to describe how lovely this was.

a 1 a 5The colors… sort of a lavender/blue came from millions of these beautiful little flowers.

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The coast was flattening out, but the beaches still have that wild Northern California feel. Did you spot the lighthouse in that picture above? I tried to catch it when the light was turned towards me, but that is harder than it sounds.

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And then… BAM… just a few miles on, and I was at the elephant seal beach.

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All the females and kids were just resting while the bulls were being… you know… guys…

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There was a lot of snuggling going on.

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This beach was huge… and noisy… and kind of smelly… but as my mom always says; “Nature in the wild is seldom mild.”

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26 Responses to We are nearing the end of my big adventure on California’s Highway One… which, of course, since I am doing the story of my trip to the Bay Area backwards means we still have a long way to go… but let’s finish this part up with style… and large sea mammals…

  1. julie's avatar julie says:

    HA! You posted backwards but I read backwards, so I got it right!

  2. Elyse's avatar Elyse says:

    Thanks for the tour.

  3. Tippy Gnu's avatar Glazed says:

    I’ll bet the field of flowers looked more colorful in person. I’ve found it’s hard to make a camera do a field of flowers justice.

  4. toad2014's avatar toad2014 says:

    Friends of yours?

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