Saturday, March 10, 2007

Redwoods!



Brian and I went camping last weekend at Butano State Park. We pitched our tent under an enormous Redwood. The base of it was bigger than our truck!I had seen these magnificent trees on my after high school road trip but this was Brian's first introduction! On the way home we stopped at Pescadero State Beach to walk along the tide. We got a fabulous show instead! 20 leopard seals were splashing in the surf and sunning themselves on the rocks! We watched them for an hour or so. They were adorable. They would roll over and cover their eyes with their flippers and they would arch their heads and tails up turning their bodies into a big U. The closer we walked, the more intently the big bull would watch us. We didn't want to provoke him so this is as close as I dared get. I am going to invest in a longer zoom lens so I can get close ups in these kind of situations without getting close up!!!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Did the racoon take the picture?

Nichole Baker said...

funny Rachel....funny. No, we put it on a picnic table with a timer....we thought it would be funny. Giant Nichole and Brian among the Giant Redwoods!

cathy said...

hi nicole,
thanks so much for all the pictures and information. i check on these everyday. we need a picture of brian and you at stanford. hope your work and life there is going ok.
cathy
( may 21)

Anonymous said...

saturday july 7 2007

hi nicole,
you haven't posted anything in a long while. we miss it out here. be well.
cathy