San Francisco 2

At the end of Pier 39 a crowd was gathered. What they were looking at was scores of elephant seals which have made the rafts at K Dock their home. 

They started arriving after the 1989 earthquake, and kept on coming. One year 1700 were crammed onto the rafts.

The smell is not nice, but the constant barking of individuals trying for dominance and forcing others back into the water while hundreds of others just lie there, is something to see.

Had a seafood dinner at a restaurant on the pier, then caught bus back as ferries had stopped.

Barry and Pam at Pier 39 with Alcatraz in background