La Jolla Cove

I arrived in La Jolla on the last few days of my honeymoon last year, checked into the hotel, and started to throw up.

alas, my wife and I both came down with food poisoning and didn’t get a chance to see any of La Jolla or the rest of the city

It looked so beautiful and I would like to return

La Jolla is beautiful, so if the ritzy nature of the place is keeping you away, don’t let it. I went sea kayaking through a tour group in the area. We did not get as close to the caves/cliffs as I would have liked due to the waves, but the view is spectacular. It is also loads of fun, the best part being when you kayak surf right as you are returning to the beach. Kayak surfing is such a blast I will do it again next time I go to San Diego.

When I was in San Diego a couple of weeks ago I called Fred, one of my dear old friends. He came and met me downtown and we cruised around the city together and just talked.

He asked me if I had ever been to La Jolla Cove. I couldn’t remember ever visiting.

He took me to it. It was interesting to see the seals lying on the beach. There was a young woman standing sitting near the stairs, trying to tell us that we shouldn’t go onto the beach as it disturbs the critters. Fred told me to ignore her. She wasn’t any kind of ranger, just some busybody who thought that people shouldn’t go onto the beach.

We walked around. We kept our distance. We didn’t want to disturb them. They were interesting to see, but the stench was pretty strong.

It’s fun to climb around in those little caves there. The water is dark and cold, so I don’t know why people go snorkeling here. But it is definitely fun to walk and climb there.

It’s breathtakingly gorgeous! We took our children last summer (they were 5 and 18 months at the time). Children’s was really neat, the seals were out and it’s such a clean area. The surrounding town of La Jolla is so quaint. We loved it there and it felt so relaxing.
Parking is a little difficult if not unmanageable on the weekends in the summertime. It you get a chance to go in the spring or fall it’s much less crowded then.