Two Beers and a Pretzel

On the 9th I took another minibus tour.  This time onto the peninsula – well past where I had biked…

We stopped at a viewpoint where you could see the island that inspired the snake swallowing an elephant -versus- a mans hat drawings in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s famous book, The Little Prince.

I personally don’t see it, but I’m not stoned on shrooms like Saint-Exupéry was, so who knows…

Two hours later we found the Sea Lion beach.

About an hour we made it to the Elephant Seal beach.

The alpha males were apparently out fishing, but there were a few big females hanging out.

We also saw some fearless armadillos, but I accidentally had the camera on time lapse video, so it’s not worth posting online…

Finally, we stopped on the side of the road to see a family of monster rabbits.

Actually, these are not rabbits – they are juvenile Jackalope’s.

OK, they’re really Patagonian Cavy’s (or Mara).  The 3rs largest rodent in the world.  They have a squirrel’s head, rabbit’s body, and hop like a kangaroo.  No antlers that I know of.  They get to be about 18 inches tall and 25 lbs.