Elephant Seals

Somewhere near San Simeon the coast was littered with elephant seals and tourists snapping their photos.  I joined the masses to watch the mammals soak up the sun and bury themselves in sand.  I'm not always drawn to the ocean as much as I was on this trip.  The mountains tend to be my tonic, but I was already nostalgic for the coastal landscape as I was nearing the turnoff for Paso Robles, and a more inland route home.