Monterey

*Monterey Bay* (Click on any image to see an enlarged view.)
	The kayaks are all ready for the day's activities. Monterey Bay calmy awaits us just a few short steps over the sand dune.
	Monterey Bay is teeming with marine life. Here a California Sea Lion stays high and dry.
	Occasionally as you paddle along, a shiny black head pops up next to you, checks you out for a moment, then slowly sinks out of sight.
	Brother Ed and the attack of the killer bowling ball.
	Ed demonstrates his sweep stroke for the diners peering out of the restaurant windows on Fisherman's Wharf.
	This is a fun game kayakers play. The guy in the yellow boat is pretending to be the Swedish freighter Stockholm. The guy in the red boat is the luxury liner Andrea Doria. About ten feet below them are the last two boats that played this game.
	Here's a low-wage lookout for you. The brown pelicans were everywhere.
	I called this guy Bill, of course.
	This is called a high brace. This student is slapping the water with his paddle and using his legs and hips to return upright. The instructor, behind, is trying his best to tip him over.
	This is called a wet exit. It's what happens when you don't brace yourself when the instructor tries to tip you over.
	This rock group was covered with brown pelicans. The light brown rock closest to the camera is not a rock. It's a Pacific Harbor Seal lying upside down on a submerged rock.
	A California Sea Otter floats on his back in front of the Zeus. Because of his constant fidgeting (grooming), he made us nervous just watching him.
	Outside the protected harbor the ride is a little bouncier. Here we head toward Cannery Row.
	Shannon rests just offshore of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
	Next to the breakwater was this huge raft of sea lions milling about just waiting for a kayaker to paddle by.
	I paddled by, keeping at least 50 feet away in compliance with Federal law, but about 10 or 15 of them swam towards me. I think they were just playing, because they looked like they were smiling. I kept paddling. The breakwater behind is completely covered with hundreds and hundreds of sea lions. The barking was incessant.