nature moves on...

My Older Son drove up yesterday and spent the night. he and i spent more time together than we have since he graduated from college. it was so nice. we talked about his work and my work and bumpah and memories.


this morning we went for a walk over on the spit. we parked the car, walked all the way down the east side, crossed the road, started north. all of a sudden we saw a very very young seal. it still had some of the umbilical cord attached. it was laying amongst some large boulders and we almost didn't notice it.



it seemed to be tired or worn out or something, and the mother was nowhere in sight.



it was just so cute!



we watched it quite awhile (it seemed to be trying to slowly and awkwardly move toward the water) but it sure wasn't moving very quickly so we finally left.



we returned later, wondering how it was doing.


it had made some progress on getting toward the water (the tide was going out -- yikes!).


we debated trying to help it, but decided nature wouldn't want us to. i wondered if making its way to the water was how nature taught it to use his flippers. still, it just seemed soooooo tired.


later, as we were driving away from the area, we stopped briefly to see if it was still there. it had turned around and was slowly scooting back toward the rocks! what the heck?? we left, but took a bunch of questions with us.