These pictures were all taken between Pacific Grove
and Monterey, California last year.
and Monterey, California last year.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRGGV8JTZQPKjhXXUt7NPFzBbsShD491MiACGqPOjmW02Zh4OxGaNV6_6c1Vyh_VCc0l4WvN6ZXAXSmFTtMKu67wu_xhhmFJiKtlTCq4iEcuCGIgnlyrZ1WoqzR-zQfDM_J0uAERSyZIc/s400/sea+lions+1.jpg)
maintained by Stanford University.
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They apparently appreciate the safety of a beach
surrounded on the land side with a wire mesh fence.
They are free to come and go to the open ocean,
as their beach is completely open to the sea.