Sea Lions at Chace Park

It was a hot day, so I decided to take a book and lunch with me to Chace Park. When I arrived there, I was assailed by the pong of scores of sea lions resting on the docks of the Marina. It was decidedly a fishy aroma, and it was noisy with their incessant barking, so I cut my visit short.

As usual, I wondered: Were these seals or sea lions? A quick check of the Internet revealed that they were in fact sea lions. They hung out on the piers in large noisy groups, and they appeared to have small ears.

The park was also crowded with the usual suspects: arrogant crows, watchful sea gulls, and spindly squirrels. Other suspects included a large contingent of the homeless with loud radios. It was exactly conducive for reading. I read a couple of chapters of G. K. Chesterton’s Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens and made my way to my parked car to return home.

It was approximately 80° Fahrenheit (27° Celsius) at Chace Park; but the whole vibe was different from the summer, when the sea lions and homeless were less in evidence.