[travel] Cambria

Before heading to our hotel/lodge for the night, we made a stop at an Elephant Seal Rookery.

Yeah, they all look dead but they weren't. They were just snoozing. Occasionally one would swipe a flipper to throw sand up upon itself, or reach a flipper to scratch itself on the neck (in a super-eerie human-like manner). They were so amazing to see.

Our hotel was the Cambria Pines Lodge, which had really stunning gardens. Like, secret gardens. You'd go around one corner and see a flower bed (literally):

Then you'd walk down a path between hedgerows and see:

Or a secret well:

This was a lovely, lovely place and I highly recommend saying here.