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'Whales and Wildlife 'Flora, Fauna and Fawning Inns at Point Reyes National Seashore

By Janis Dice

This might seem like the wrong season for visiting the beach, but it’s a great time for whale and wildlife watching at the Point Reyes National Seashore (www.nps.gov/pore),where current mid week lodging specials are a bonus.
    Through March 25, the Point Reyes Lodging Association’s 17 bed and breakfast inns, cottages and suites are promoting “Whales & Wildlife,” a winter campaign featuring three nights of midweek lodging for the price of two. (www.ptreyes.com) It’s a great opportunity to complement a flora and fauna adventure with exceptional accommodations.
    Located about 150 miles west ofSacramento, the Point Reyes National Seashore is 100 square miles of rugged headlands, broad beaches, coastal scrub, woodlands, forests, estuaries and pastures. It also has three visitor centers, are-created Coast Miwok Indian village and numerous picnic sites. In addition, 147 miles of hiking, biking and equestrian trails weave through it all.
    One of the Top 10 family-friendly trail systems in the country, the park may be known best for its wildlife. Pacific gray whales pass by on the southbound leg oftheir annual roundtrip migration from the Bering Sea to Baja California.  Northern elephant seals arrive in late autumn to mate and return in the spring to birth 70-pound pups.

See or at Least Hear the Elephant Seals
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