Sunday, June 26, 2016

Saturday morning at La Jolla Shores

Usually on Saturday mornings the beach is busy with people in scuba gear getting ready to dive.
Today there were no divers dressed in black.  We assume it is because of the annual ocean
swim that that took place here today.

A few days ago the ocean was lapping against the exterior wall of the 'castle's' grounds.  Going to the beach close to the same time, we discovered to that the water was out...really far out.
We both admit that we know nothing about tides and have no claim to any knowledge.




Once a year the community sponsors an ocean swim from the pier to the cove.
So many people come to participate.  I saw a woman who had left the race walking on the
beach with 101 written on her shoulder.  
I asked a lifeguard one summer if they had ever had to rescue someone.  
She told me no, but that once in awhile she will get a swimmer on her board who
just needs to rest for a short time.




I am standing in a sea of kelp.  And yes, it has a very definite unpleasant smell as it sits
there rotting.  Fortunately we were able to completely avoid walking on any of it.
Fortunately neither Nemo or Dory got caught in the seaweed and washed ashore.




The water is so far out that the hole in from one side of the rock to the other was calm.
Usually we see a little splash as it hits the rock closest to us.


A critter on the rocks


We did have a man ask us where Black's beach was.  Off in the distance somewhere.  Not our
type of beach; lots of bare naked men who probably look terrible even with their
clothes on.  The link is rated G so don't hesitate to check out a few facts about the beach.




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