A Journal of Joyful Exploration Near and Far
There’s a lot of (well-deserved) hype about this year’s superbloom in Anza-Borrego Desert. The following are photos from a drought year (2015) bloom in Anza. Still pretty good, n’est-ce pas?
Sand Verbena
Desert Sunflowers
Verbena, Sunflowers, and Dune Evening Primrose (white)
Ain’t no bloom like a bloom!
Just off the Pacific Coast Highway, near San Simeon (about a 1 hour drive north of San Luis Obispo), you get to see some magnificent creatures.
They are the ELEPHANT SEALS.
And they have a distinctive call :)
Which can be quite loud.
Male elephant seals can grow to be 20 feet long and weigh up to 8,800 lbs.
They can hold their breath for up to 100 minutes.
And they sure look cute when flipping sand on themselves :)