We opted for a slowish start this morning and by the time we had finished breakfast and were ready for the day it was gone 11. We headed up to the La Jolla district (pronounced La Hoya) via the coastal road and it was beautiful. We spent the first couple of hours over a picnic lunch swimming at the Childrens Pool which was a beautiful little cove built originally for the youth of the local community. We had a great time just relaxing and doing some snorkelling with some seals and sea-lions in the near vicinity.
We then drove a bit further up the coast to the main La Jolla Cove which is renowned as an Underwater State Park due to its kelp beds and sea life and also because it is home to hundreds of seals and sea lions. The tiny beach was very crowded but we managed to find a small spot to use as a base. It was quite amazing, the water was full of people and seals/sea-lions (still can’t really tell the difference) all happily just swimming together. I did a bit of snorkelling and came face to face with one under the surface which was quite a shock but it was lovely to see them up so close, even if they were a bit stinky!
We all got a bit sun-scorched so set off for a late afternoon stroll across the cliff tops and were utterly amazed to find literally hundreds of seals/sea-lions sleeping on the rocks including pups. We were able to get within touching distance of them which was quite remarkable and an incredible experience for all of us and we ended up spending a good hour just watching them and taking hundreds of photos!
When we had finally had enough and exhausted the batteries on our cameras we headed back to the hotel to freshen up before heading to downtown San Diego and the Gaslamp Quarter for some well earned supper. We had a great meal outside and enjoyed watching the world go by before heading home to bed!
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