Friday, December 5, 2008

Tidepooling at Point Reyes with the Murdocks


The boys were so curious poking at the sea anemoni's and touching the star fish. This poor little crab was close to death so it was easy to grab him.




About a half hour later we were all wandering on the rocks pretty close to the water and all of a sudden an elephant seal pops his head up and stares at us. One of Casey and AnnaMarie's daughters was 10 feet away from it and was "encouraged" to run away when it started bumping it's chest against the rocks like it wanted to get out of the water. I guess they can be aggressive Tim tells us and by law you're supposed to stay about 100 feet away from them. I guess you can't help it when they come to see you. It was so cool seeing this huge wild creature so close.


2 comments:

herofanfamily said...

How fun for your kids! We can't wait to see you guys this summer. If Todd's scedule doesn't change we will be coming the 2nd and3rd week of June, but you never know, they flip the nurse scedules often enough. Hope your feeling good!?!

Kari said...

Crazy it was that close! Love the pic of Jared. How fun for them. You guys are always so good about doing fun outdoor adventures. Take me, take me!!