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We are on the road now and are not readily able jump on to the internet. Right now we are in our second night in a cabin high up a hillside overlooking Ortego Harbor. The panoramic views are splendid. A few green covered islands lie in the harbor and the far shore is speckled with small communities that sparkle in the twilight. Today we went to the end of the penisula to the Albatross Centre with hopes of seeing some of these great birds. There wasn't much wind so there wasn't anyvisible activity as these heavy birds rely on strong winds to support their weigh and hold them in the air for hours of flight over the sea. We are going to take another run at it this evening. While there though we did see several sea lions trying to bask in the mid-day sun in spite of the tourists trying to take their pictures and get them to do tricks. I was no better. I almost stepped on one while I was staring at the beach full of gulls standing on on leg and preening. I hearda strange grunting noise which I thought was coming from the cliffs, then looked down at my feet to see a lump of angry fur daring me to take one more step.
After lunch we went to a aquatic research center run by the University of Ortego to watch them feed their fish. They have an excellent little aquarium containing all the fish of the bay and surrounds. I thought the niftiest exhibit was thelarge cylindrical tank in the lobby filled with red krill, the mainstay of the diet of many species including the the huge ballen whales. There are so many in the bay that you can see long red bands in the water.
We are on the road now and are not readily able jump on to the internet. Right now we are in our second night in a cabin high up a hillside overlooking Ortego Harbor. The panoramic views are splendid. A few green covered islands lie in the harbor and the far shore is speckled with small communities that sparkle in the twilight. Today we went to the end of the penisula to the Albatross Centre with hopes of seeing some of these great birds. There wasn't much wind so there wasn't anyvisible activity as these heavy birds rely on strong winds to support their weigh and hold them in the air for hours of flight over the sea. We are going to take another run at it this evening. While there though we did see several sea lions trying to bask in the mid-day sun in spite of the tourists trying to take their pictures and get them to do tricks. I was no better. I almost stepped on one while I was staring at the beach full of gulls standing on on leg and preening. I hearda strange grunting noise which I thought was coming from the cliffs, then looked down at my feet to see a lump of angry fur daring me to take one more step.
After lunch we went to a aquatic research center run by the University of Ortego to watch them feed their fish. They have an excellent little aquarium containing all the fish of the bay and surrounds. I thought the niftiest exhibit was thelarge cylindrical tank in the lobby filled with red krill, the mainstay of the diet of many species including the the huge ballen whales. There are so many in the bay that you can see long red bands in the water.
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