{"id":15423,"date":"2016-11-05T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=15423"},"modified":"2016-11-25T20:22:39","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T04:22:39","slug":"november-5-2016-san-nicolas-island-sea-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2016\/11\/05\/november-5-2016-san-nicolas-island-sea-lions\/","title":{"rendered":"November 5, 2016  San Nicolas Island Sea Lions &#8212; no, wait &#8212; they are Elephant Seals!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161105_7844_SNI.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15439\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161105_7844_SNI.jpg\" alt=\"161105_7844_sni\" width=\"777\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161105_7844_SNI.jpg 777w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161105_7844_SNI-163x123.jpg 163w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161105_7844_SNI-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161105_7844_SNI-768x579.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On this day on San Nicolas Island, I rode my bike from Nicktown to the north coast, a little northwest of the &#8220;town.&#8221; \u00a0There were plenty of elephant seals soaking up the sun at the beaches. \u00a0I was able to get relatively close (without disturbing the animals) along the small cliffs above the beaches.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px 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