Out on the Pier, Trinidad Harbor

This was our first walk out on the pier,

before we met up with the kids

and walked it again later.

The river otters caught our attention.

They were scarfing up salmon scraps

as fast as they could.

The fisherman was cutting filets from the 

salmon for their customers.

The scraps were thrown overboard

much to the delight of the seagulls 

and the river otters.

 We learned later at the Trinidad museum,

that these were river otters, not sea otters.

Just because they're in the sea doesn't mean

that they're sea otters.

Um, yeah rather feeling foolish as we

darn well know 

what those other sea otters

look like.

We have seen them 

 floating on their backs and cracking

sea critters open for their dinner.

Of course, 

that was further south down the coast

like in Monterey Bay where the 

water is much warmer...

Oh well,

imagine the cry of the seagulls 

as they fight over the small scraps,

and try to steal a bit from the river otters.

The buoy bell is ringing out in the harbor.

There's  a light breeze

with a promise of clearing skies.

The salty sea are is cool,

and even fresher than you thought

it could be because of the storm

that had just blown through.

It was an absolutely beautiful morning.