After mom made french toast we headed to Point Dume.

After taking these pictures we got out mom’s binoculars and saw a school of dolphins to the west.

We then went down to the beach on the other side of the dome.

We tried to find the sea lions but all we saw were birds.  Mom and dad turned back, but I kept going and found 25 sea lions resting lower down near the water.  They were so lazy they didn’t mind me getting up close.

This is me hiking over the rocks to get to the lions:

Instead of hiking up the hill I hiked all the way around the base of the volcano back to the main beach.  There I met up with my parents again and convinced them to follow me a tiny bit of the way back around (in the direction of the sea lions) to see the rocks.

After coming back from Malibu mom fixed a christmas feast and Sam joined us…

Stuffed cornish hens, green bean casserole, mashed potatos, pumpkin pie, chocolate chip cookies and a little wine.