On Sunday, we spent the day in La Jolla, starting with Georges at the Cove for a tasty lunch. We had a table right up against the glass balcony in the Level 2 Bar with awesome views of the crashing waves against the rocky shoreline of La Jolla Cove filled with snorkelers swimming among the sea lions. Tori ordered the Roasted Cauliflower and I had the Rockfish Tacos along with a bowl of George's Famous Soup. The richly-flavored soup with smoked chicken, broccoli and black beans lived up to the hype.
Even though Tori and I have visited La Jolla many times and walked along the many beaches, neither of us had taken the Coast Walk Trail that heads east from The Cave Store. The 0.6 mile trail follows the edge of the 100 foot bluff above the La Jolla Underwater Park, a marine life reserve filled with tidepools, kelp forests, rocky reefs, sea caves and underwater canyons. A least a hundred kayaks stretched across the water to the sandy beaches of La Jolla Shores. A wooden pedestrian bridge crosses the Devil's Slide area near the halfway point. Returning to the beginning, we walked out onto the point above the sea cave that is accessible by an underground tunnel inside the Cave Store. I have entered the cave several times in the past, both through the narrow tunnel and by swimming over from the cove. Both are worth doing!
For our next stop, we parked down the road from the La Jolla Heights Natural Park. To reach the trailhead, we passed under the vine covered bridge on Al Bahr Drive that loops 360 degrees to pass over itself on the small bridge. The trail is very steep, but that means that the ocean is visible very quickly after you starting climbing. It was a very hot day during this current heatwave so we stopped at the mid-way point. We had a great view, but I would like to come back to finish the hike to the top, possibly during a sunset.
Our final stop on our way out of La Jolla was the UCSD to Birch Aquarium Trail. There is a tree swing along the trail with a great view of La Jolla. We found the tree with the strap left on the overhanging branch but the swing was missing. We jumped up and hung from the branch anyway!
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