Our afternoon at Donna Nook...

We arrived in the middle of the afternoon--at about 2:30.  The sun was dipping low on the horizon, but at least it was shining!  We strapped Edith into her sling, and off we went!

We had to climb over some sand dunes to get to the seal viewing area.  The climb was Dylan's favorite part!  Then we finally got to see the seals.

There were so many of them--some of them closer to the fence than others.  This one was close enough to touch, and was so lovely and fluffy and soft looking.

Dylan really liked the baby seals close to the fence.   He kept saying, "Oh, so cute!" and telling us that he wanted to kiss them (much to the amusement of all the other people there!).





Cathy took a picture of all 4 of us together-such a rare occurrance!

Dylan returned the favor by taking one of Cathy and John--with a little help from Martin, of course!

Then we got to see the baby seal (mentioned in an earlier post) that was just minutes old.  Amazing!  Kind of bloody and gross, but still amazing!  Edith and I stood and watched the mother seal try to get the baby to feed for the first time.  It was almost painful to watch, and I'll bet arms would have come in really handy at that point!

Then Dylan wanted to climb on the sand dunes, so Martin happily obliged with a rousing game of hide and seek in the bushes and running down the hills!

Edith and I just watched.  Having her strapped to the front of me is eerily like being 9+ months pregnant.  Can't see my feet, center of gravity really off, back aching, etc.

I captured a really good picture of the reason Edith gets called Cindy Lou Who...

She has the craziest hair on the planet.  But she's still a lovely little lady.  See...

A good time was had by all.  Wish you could have joined us!

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