La Jolla

La Jolla is such a fun place.  Once we finally found a place to park, we got our food and had a picnic.  It was such a nice picnic.  We ate our goodies, while the kids played on the trees.

Maya and Tabitha were the biggest fans of these trees.  We had to convince them there were more things to see.

Peas in a Pod

On our way to see the sea lions or seals, we saw this neat squirrel.  It knew there was no danger so it hung out and posed for us.  It was so interesting to watch. Also, I was a little jealous he gets to live by this beautiful scenery.

So jealous he gets to live here.

I'm not a good photographer, by any means, but I thought his posing made it easy to take good photos of him.  I wonder if this squirrel knows how lucky it really is.





We couldn't get over how nice the day was.  We really enjoyed being outdoors.  Can you see how happy we are?


We finally arrived to see the sea lions or were they seals?  Anyways, La Jolla has them both.


After Arden arrived to the dock blocking thingie and he lost his shoe.  We quickly lowered him nearby the seals/sea lions, but he had to do it in a hurry.  I guess there's a group of seal/sea lions advocates who don't let you get near them and they yell at you.  So we had to hurry.

Arden rescuing his shoe

Then, we headed to play at the beach, while we waited for the tide to go down.

We were all in heaven. 





We played by the water...





We played in sand....




We got more than our toes wet....






Some played with kelp...




And of course the weather continued to be great!



Once the tide was low enough we headed to the tide pools and the 'cave.'  I will say though, these tide pools are not as good as the ones we used to go in Half Moon Bay. However, we still got a chance to experience looking at sea creatures and touching them.



Once the sun was about to set, we headed to an island and I can't remember the name.  We wanted to see the sunset, so we headed off to the beach at this island.   We had to limit the playing water time for the kids at this place since they were barely getting dry and we had not brought change of clothing.  They weren't too happy about this, but they lived.  They still got to make circles in the sand. 

Then, we walked to the Coronado Hotel and checked it out.  It was pretty fancy on the outside and on the inside. 

I thought it was kind of funny how they had an ice skating rink.  Of course we wanted nothing to do with ice and cold.

After the sunset, we headed back to downtown San Diego, by the docks and enjoyed some dinner at a restaurant.  After dinner, we headed back to our hotel for some more swimming time.