La Jolla

After our excursion to Santa Barbara, we just had to get back to the beach.  For one thing, it's about a 30 degree difference in temperature.  We've been having it way too hot in San Dimas, while the beach communities are pretty much 70's.

 

We chose the La Jolla Cove Suites hotel.  It is right across the street from the beach, and we had a very nice balcony where we could enjoy all the activities going on.

 

 

 

Here are a couple of views from our room.  Check out the sea gull on our railing in the 2nd picture.

 

 

After some lovely traffic jams on our way down to La Jolla, we were finally able to relax with a nice bottle of Cabernet and dinner at a vintage restaurant near the hotel.  It's called Brockton Villa, and it used to be someone's house that was built in 1894.

 

 

It was still light enough outside to take in some of the views of the cove.  We saw sea lions, caves and beach goers.

 

 

In the park we happened upon these two huge yucca trees that have probably been there as long as the restaurant we just left.

 

 

The park is very nice by beach standards and has sidewalks along the water, and even a grassy area.

 

 

Here's another view of our hotel from the water's edge.  On the roof they have a continental breakfast each day.  What a panoramic view!

 

 

The next day we did a walking tour of the town and came upon this pub called Hennessey's where we shared a hamburger sampler of 4 different hamburger flavors.  Yum!  One thing they don't lack in this town are restaurants of all types.

 

 

On our walking tour we loved the look of this gorgeous restaurant.  We were up on Prospect Street looking out toward the ocean, and down at some of the tables.  The CrabCatcher was going to be our destination restaurant for dinner.

 

 

We were lucky enough to get the best table in the house which had a huge picture window overlooking the cove.  The meal was scrumptious, and afterwards we couldn't wait to explore what we saw through the window.

 

 

What we found was a huge cave that people ride through on kayaks.

 

 

You could walk right out where you would be right on top of the cave, and of course my fearless husband did this despite the sign.

 

 

We walked along toward the hotel and saw more spectacular scenery.....including these pelicans resting on the cliff.

 

 

The Pacific Coast has beautiful sunsets.  Unfortunately on our last night it was quite cloudy, but we still were able to capture some of it.  Can't wait until next time!