Spotting a beautiful view of the waves and lighthouse, we pulled into the conveniently located turnout. An added (and entirely unexpected) bonus was a group of sea lions sunning themselves on a rock ledge some 300 feet below. Many pictures were taken.
Not coincidentally, just a few hundred yards down the road was the tourist trap Sea Lion Caves. Since we don’t get out this way all that often we figured what the hey. Eighteen bucks later we found ourselves in an elevator descending 200 feet into what is billed as either “the world’s largest sea cave” (from the lobby) or “one of the world’s largest sea caves” (from the display in the cave itself). (Side note: Immediately after forking over our $18, the guy behind us asked the cashier, “Are there many sea lions in the cave today?” Great question! Wish we’d thought of it. “Not really, they’re mostly outside this time of year.” Swell.) The cave itself is cool (in both senses of the word), dark, and a tad smelly. What was really neat was the ability to hear the sea lions. Photography in extreme low light conditions (no flash allowed) was a challenge but we did manage to get some decent video from our supercool camera.
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