A Visit With Emerson the Elephant Seal

 Victoria, BC

This is Donna, not Emerson.

Coastal Road Trip

Today we got in the car and drove around the edge of Victoria to visit various spots along the coast.  There are many beautiful beaches on Vancouver Island and we saw a few of them today and even got to meet a celerity!  We ran into Emerson, the elephant seal, while he was molting in the sun.  Emerson has decided that Oak Bay is his place to molt every year and no matter what Fishery officials do, he comes back to this spot to molt.  They have moved him to different spots on the island to give him a chance to molt in a less populated area, but he returns to his spot in Oak Bay.  Volunteers have set up signs and keep watch to ensure visitors don't get too close to him.

Signs are posted

And walkways are blocked for Emerson.

Is this driftwood!

Yes!  But it's also Emerson!

Victoria has these chairs that are made here in the city and set up around the area.

We saw Harlequin ducks along with Emerson.

Donna investigates the tide pools.

There was a sailboat race at one of our stops.

and a rock with a hole in it.

Spring has arrived here and there are these pretty purple flowers all over the place.

It was a nice way to spend part of the day and we got to meet a celebrity!  If you missed, Neon Ranch Pinball, check it out.  I played in another tournament in Canada!