So much of what was special to us today came from the sea. The fully articulated gray whale skeleton, most likely washed ashore many years ago, is now a perch for nesting osprey. The osprey parents bring the chicks freshly caught fish throughout the day. The mesmerizingly iridescent abalone shells were once discards and are now the foundation of a budding local artisan jewelry-making project. Shells, bones, a few skulls, and turtle carapace parts were piled up for the curious and inquisitive to investigate. On terra-firma, we found diminutive flowers as colorful exclamation points sprinkled throughout the desert vegetation. The Sonoran Desert in Baja California is described as where the desert meets the sea. Today we examined elements of both of these rich and unique realms.