Wednesday, August 24, 2011

POINT LOBOS STATE PARK

AT POINT LOBOS OUR FAMILY COMMONLY WATCHING THE SEA CREATURES AND ENJOYED WATCHING THE SEA CREATURES ON THE ROCKS AND TIDAL POOLS. SOMETIMES YOU CAN SEE AN OCTOPUS THERE. IT IS JUST SOUTH OF CARMEL. WE ALSO TOOK THE 18 MILE CAR LOOP ALONG THE SEA COAST WHICH HAS GREAT VIEWS. AT POINT LOBOS THEY HAVE TORREY PINES AND VARIOUS PLANTS THAT THE INDIANS RELIED ON FOR SUSTENANCE, CRAFTS, AND HOUSE MATERIALS. THE CLIFFS ARE RUGGED AND YOU CAN WATCH THE SEA LIONS AND OTTERS PLAY IN THE OCEAN. THE WAVES SPLASH AGAINST SOME GORGES TO MAKE HIGH WATER WAVES. WE HAVE TAKEN FOREST WALKS HERE AS WELL AS BRUSH TRAILS AND SEA COASTAL TRAILS. THEIR ARE REMNANTS FROM PREHISTORIC INDIANS.

THERE ARE SCUBA DIVERS TRAINING WHO LEAD GROUPS UNDERWATER. THE PARK IS USUALLY FILLED WITH TOURISTS ANY SEASON. WE HAVE EVEN BEEN THERE IN RAINY SEASONS
WHEN WE GO TO SAN SIMEON AND HEARST CASTLE WHERE THERE ARE ELEPHANT SEALS.

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