Catch a wave!

Yesterday Angela and I did something we've never done before - swam in the Pacific Ocean! And it was exciting. We went to San Diego bright and early in the morning, even though it was rainy and foggy in the mountains and found our way to La Jolla, a beautiful suburb city of San Diego. This is where Ang's new neurologist is located and we were doing a dry run for her appointment in 2 weeks. It's a good thing we did this as La Jolla's a much bigger place than we anticipated - so big that they have 2 roads with the exact same name. Which is where the hospital is, go figure!
We also found IKEA, and got some fun stuff for our classrooms then wound our way to Seaport Village downtown San Diego. There were ships and fishermen and just this ocean smell, it was great. Popcorn and fish and sun cotton candy and relaxation.
Then we went on our quest to find the beach. The map stated 4 larges beaches on the coast in SD. We couldn't find any of them. We did find ourselves back in La Jolla and eventually found a beach. It was a beautiful place, right in a middle of what looked to be a very high-end neighborhood.
And we went swimming.
There was sand and all these colorful umbrellas and the water was 87 degrees and the sun was hot but not too hot and it was perfect.
And the water tasted like salt. It was a shock when I first got hit with it. I haven't been in the ocean in a very long time. Maybe 12 or 14 years. But it was great. And there were these huge mounds of seaweed that I kept throwing toward Angela (who was a great sport but not terribly impressed at all to be in the ocean - a body of water that contains whales and sharks and all sorts of things).
We played for an hour and a half and then got out, it was already cooling down and as we were leaving folks were heading toward the beach with firewood.
This morning I told Ang I want to go back, soon! Maybe this weekend or next:-) It's hard to believe just how beautiful it is there. She said maybe, but there was that 8 year old there at the beach who kept yelling about seeing a stingray and that did not impress Ang. But I think I'll wear her down:-)