Road trip!

Joan, Allison, and I are off for a long weekend in the Paso Robles wine country. But we didn't drive directly there. Instead, we drove up the coast, past Hearst Castle and San Simeon, to the Piedras Blancas elephant seal rookery.At this time of the year, the sub-adult male seals return to the rookery for a month for molting, that is, to grow new skin and hair. While they are molting, they look