SoCal Wienie Roast - Pics!

[jennielynn1970]

Leo, Loretta and Larry...the sea lions in Newport Harbor

OMG... they're on the boats!! What do the owners of the boats do if they need to go somewhere?? Those sea lions are just huge! (Can you tell I'm not accustomed to big old sea creatures reclining on boats?! ). It looks so cool, but I'd be totally shocked and not knowing what to do!

[Edwina's Secretary]

OMG... they're on the boats!! What do the owners of the boats do if they need to go somewhere?? Those sea lions are just huge! (Can you tell I'm not accustomed to big old sea creatures reclining on boats?! ). It looks so cool, but I'd be totally shocked and not knowing what to do!

You ask them politely to leave. If that doesn't work...you push them off (really!) We had watched while the Harbor Patrol had pushed these three off another boat...which was in the process of sinking from the weight of them.

[Barbara]

I'd rather have them on our boat
Here we have Canada geese and their s...t is very sticky

[Edwina's Secretary]

I'd rather have them on our boat
Here we have Canada geese and their s...t is very sticky

Wow! Those geese are far away from home! How do they fly across the Atlantic?

[Cinder & Smoke]

I'd rather have them on our boat
Here we have Canada geese and their s...t is very sticky

I'd rather put up with / clean off "sticky bird pooh" than discover the
Fat Lions had totally *trashed* my boat!

The two on the near boat have knocked the mast off it storage location; trashed railings;
possibly set it adrift; and may yet cave in the hatch and wander inside!
A few sea lions have been known to either sink or Totally Trash some very nice boats.

There's lots of articles and photos on the net describing the grief those Lion Guys cause
every year when they migrate into marinas and decide to "go boating".

/s/ Phred

[Edwina's Secretary]

Oh they had just gotten on that boat! I think the damage was from the party (sea lion) the night before!

They are cute but when the desires of the sea lions collide with the desires of the boaters and fisherpersons....well...

[Barbara]

I think it may need quite a bit of climate change until we have sea lions on our mountain lakes