“with my favorite ally” up the central California coast. Lyrics: Anythony Kiedis

We are taking a short 4 day road trip to check out some of the few places where Northern elephant seals mate, fight and give birth in the US, on the central California coast about a 7 hour drive from The Holler.

On the way we stopped for the night in Ojai at a Hacienda Hotel built in the 1920’s.

It is a Wallace Neff paradise for people who enjoy Hacienda architecture.

The Christmas ligths make for an especially lovely scene.

We are now in Cambria California, on the southern edge of Big Sur.

Today we are searching elephant seals.

Gray whales are also migrating and sea otter live here.

Cheers to you during our elephant seal expedition in California’s Big Sur~