Hello, Sausalito!

It's important that you know two things about our day today:

1.)  We finally made it to Sausalito, a place we've been meaning to go to since moving to California over two years ago.

2.)  We adopted a seal today.  (Yes, a seal.)

There were bikers,  Everywhere.  And they took over the streets.

We took a really cool one way tunnel to the Marine Mammal Center and Rodeo Beach.

The view from the Marine Mammal Center.

The Redhead was wearing her infamous shark hat, ready to greet the seals and sea lions.

They had these tags hanging all over the place, encouraging you, begging you to adopt a marine mammal.  Considering the place survives off of donations and didn't cost us anything to visit, it's money well spent.

Their mammals are mostly just short term visitors.  This place serves as a hospital, nursing them back to health and then releasing them back into the ocean.

They currently have 34 occupants.

We loved this story about this kidnapped seal.

And here is The Redhead with her chosen seal.  Since we're going to Hawaii next March, she chose a Hawaiian Monk Seal.  There is also a Marine Mammal Center on the Big Island, where we're staying.  She's really hoping to visit!

This little bird liked the statue's nose!

And I liked taking its photo.

We're so glad we finally made here!  We've been meaning to for a long time!  And because of our adoption, we now have a membership for a year.  That means we must visit again soon!

We really enjoyed our time spent on the beach.  It wasn't the cleanest beach, but we liked all of the pebbles and we saw a sea lion playing in the waves!

We ended up in downtown Sausalito.  Parking was crazy, but the view was breathtaking!

My camera battery was dying, so I had to take photos sparingly, which is difficult to do when facing stunning views.

Dessert.

And the stairway back to where we parked.

We hope to get back to Sausalito soon, as we still have more to see, but for a day trip, it was an extraordinary day and feels like a foreign city.