After our lighthouse visit, we headed to Drake's Bay (as in Sir Francis Drake, the explorer) to catch a glimpse of the elephant seals.
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| Info on hiking the trailhead |
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| Looking toward Drake's Bay |
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| A sailboat - Erick is jealous |
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The seal beach from a distance.
Even this far away we could hear the bull elephant seals call. |
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| The seal beach from the overlook without a zoom lens |
Since one must keep a distance from the elephant seals in order not to bother them, I had to try using my old Olympus camera's optical zoom. Here are some shots using the zoom.
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| Just a bit of zoom |
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| 10x optical zoom |
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| Caught this one taking a walk |
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| Far end of the beach |
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| Sand throwing by seal near upper left |
Time to leave the elephant seals and explore a bit more of Drake's Bay.
Continued in Part 4.
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