A Sunday Hike

This last Sunday, I went hiking at Point Lobos State Preserve with Wella.

We did a six mile hike around the periphery of the preserve, with lots of wildlife and scenery on display all the way around, including all the weird rock formations.


At one stage we could see a Turkey Vulture out in the bay sitting on top of something that was bobbing around in the water. Whatever it was on was edible as it was pecking away at it. Other vultures came in to land, but most couldn't manage it as the carcass they were feeding on was relatively small and moving around.

Even with the bins, we couldn't tell what it was, but it was seal sized, so that's the most likely thing.

The weather remained overcast for the whole hike, but when we drove back into Monterey, we were soon in the sunshine. After a couple of failed attempts to get a late lunch (who knew these places were closed mid Sunday afternoon) we eventually ended up at the Italian festival on the customs plaza.

Fried calamari and a beer soon satisfied the lunchtime cravings.