You see it right, this crab is presenting us with a heart-shaped rock upon our return this morning to the aquarium. I guess Caroline and I are now married to this crustacean.

It’s feeding time in the big tank, and everyone needs to make room for the psycho bluefin tuna.

We couldn’t find Kyle and suspect the worst. How could this just so happen to coincide with our visit that he would go missing? We don’t even know what official agency might deal with such issues.

It was just a mere couple of hours or so that we stayed at the aquarium this morning, and then it was time to fly the coop as we had quite a long drive home in front of us.

First, it was time to get distracted by a brief visit to Pacific Grove for some sightseeing and a bit of lunch.

Sure, we love the blue skies, but we enjoy our visits to the ocean in all weathers.

This is the Big Creek Bridge in the distance that plays second fiddle to its more famous brother, The Bixby Bridge.

This wasn’t uncommon for us. Nearly five hours to drive 150 miles south (243 km). The bummer is that we will drive more than four more hours to reach Riverside, California, to shorten our drive home on Sunday. These Elephant Seals spend their lazy fall days here in San Simeon, as they have been for a number of years now.