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Article: Lions down on the job as a sea cave guide.(Columns)(Column)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- June 22, 2003
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Byline: Bob Welch / The Register-Guard
EDITOR'S NOTE: Today, Bob Welch heads to the coast in the second of his six-part Sunday series on doing other people's jobs.
FLORENCE - I'm snaking down Highway 101, trying to remember the gestation period of a sea lion, when I suddenly realize I'm late for work.
The Steller sea lion can reach more than 1,500 pounds ... the Sea Lion Caves were discovered by William Cox in 1880 ... the caves are 12 stories below the gift shop.
"It'll never happen again," I tell my boss upon arrival at this tourist stop 11 miles north of Florence.
Hod Johnson, the Sea Lion Caves' general manager, agrees, ...