On the way home from Hearst Castle, we stopped along the shoreline to watch the elephant seals for a while. There were hundreds of them strewn all over the beach.
They were quite noisy as they chattered away at each other.
During breeding season they do not leave the beach to feed, so they live on stored fat. When they are in the water (80 % of their lives) they can stay under for over an hour and a half at a time.
The males are much larger than the females, weighing in at about 5000 lbs compared to the female weight of 1600 lbs. This area of the coast is one of the nursery areas so there were a lot of pups around as well.
We also managed to find a reasonable hiking trail in the area and hiked the 4.5 mile roundtrip hike up to the top of Bishop’s Peak, the tallest peak in the area.
Once the weekend arrived, we were joined by our friends Kirk and Karen, from Fresno. We took advantage of the great weather and walked along the boardwalk in town.
Kirk and Karen are thinking of buying a trailer, one that they would leave in the Pismo area as a “vacation home” so shopping was high on our list of things to do.
We went to several dealerships where we discussed the good and bad points of quite a few trailers and Kirk and Karen tried to get a sense of what features are important to them.
Of course, we have to eat at some point! We were invited to Terry and Annie’s for dinner where the women relaxed and enjoyed the warmth….
…..and the men barbecued while watching the sun set. It was an awesome weekend!
We are now in Fresno, where, in between all the socializing, we are starting to figure out what we’ll need to do to the truck camper over the next month or so to get ready for our trip north. Tomorrow I fly to Boston for 10 days, so Paul will have to start the projects without me!
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