Californication of Oregon Continues

But this time by the errant Pier 39 sea lions I blogged about earlier.

"We've seen these huge pods out on the ocean - 200, 300 yards across - altogether a couple thousand sea lions," said Steve Saubert, co-owner of Sea Lion Caves, a private preserve near the town of Florence. "They were just here all of a sudden."

About 500 of those sea lions have moved into the caves themselves, about 300 of them in the past week, said Jim McMillan, an assistant manager at the park. There would be even more, Saubert said, but the 2-acre floor space of the cave limits the landing area.

I wonder if they cashed out from the Pier 39 real estate appreciation, or whether it all got wiped out in the crash.