` ` ' '' -- the sea lion -- is about a day drive from the ocean . He was underweight and weak and is currently recovering . Hoppie is not the first California sea lion to swim up the San Joaquin River channel .
`` Hoppie '' -- the sea lion -- traveled about a 100-mile drive from the ocean . He was underweight and malnourished and is currently recovering . Hoppie is not the first California sea lion to swim up the San Joaquin River channel .