Friday was my last kayaking class, my last course with my favorite outdoor professor. That was my last collegiate final and the only class of my college career that I truly learned everyday right up to the very end.
We kayaked down from Del Monte beach to the buoy one nautical mile offshore toward Lover's Point. We kayaked between rocks, timing the waves. My giggling verified what my professor said: exploring through rocks in a sea kayak is incredibly fun.
We saw seals fighting over who could stay sitting on the edge of the buoys. We found a dead bay sunfish and studied it, then saw seals and birds fighting over it moments later. We saw an otter with a bloody nose: "it's female. Do you know how you can tell?" "Nope, why" "Because she just mated. A male bites her nose and comes up behind her to mate. The males are much longer..."
We played one last game of tag then headed back sharing stories and laughs. I'm really going to miss adventuring for school credit. It was by far a highlight of my stay here in California.
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