Before our trip Dave did some research online and found out there was good snorkeling at La Jolla Cove Beach, just minutes from our hotel. It's protected by bluffs on either side and gets deep quick, so there are a lot of fish close to the shore.
As much as we love our local beaches, the water here is freezing. But down south it's nice and warm - no need for wet suits. Even I put on my swimming suit and got in, and it felt wonderful. We arrived at 9:00, and it was already sunny and warm.
It was great for exploring because there were lots of rocks and tide pools on one side. They found hundreds of hermit crabs, sea anemones and cool shells.
Brennan even ventured into the water a tiny bit, which he never does.
This was Spencer's first time snorkeling in the ocean, and Dave was amazed at how quickly he picked it up.
We gave Dave a snorkel set for Father's Day, so the two of them swam all over the cove together and saw tons of fish.
We saw this fish the next day in one of the aquariums at Sea World, and they said they had seen bunches of them in the ocean.
Snorkeling was definitely one of Spencer's highlights of the trip. Here he is telling me all about it.
Then Dallin tried it out, but he just put his face in the water for about 2 seconds and was done. He and Tyler did a lot of body surfing, since boogie boards weren't allowed at this particular beach.
Tyler tried snorkeling too, but he just stayed close to the shore.
After a few hours at the cove, we went up the stairs to a huge grassy field overlooking the ocean and had a picnic lunch. I was glad we went to the beach early, because by the time we left it was getting really crowded there. We were going to go check out another beach in La Jolla to go boogie boarding, but we were all beached out and the boys wanted to go swimming at the hotel pool instead.
As much as we love our local beaches, the water here is freezing. But down south it's nice and warm - no need for wet suits. Even I put on my swimming suit and got in, and it felt wonderful. We arrived at 9:00, and it was already sunny and warm.
It was great for exploring because there were lots of rocks and tide pools on one side. They found hundreds of hermit crabs, sea anemones and cool shells.
Brennan even ventured into the water a tiny bit, which he never does.
This was Spencer's first time snorkeling in the ocean, and Dave was amazed at how quickly he picked it up. 
Snorkeling was definitely one of Spencer's highlights of the trip. Here he is telling me all about it.
Then Dallin tried it out, but he just put his face in the water for about 2 seconds and was done. He and Tyler did a lot of body surfing, since boogie boards weren't allowed at this particular beach.
Tyler tried snorkeling too, but he just stayed close to the shore. 
After a few hours at the cove, we went up the stairs to a huge grassy field overlooking the ocean and had a picnic lunch. I was glad we went to the beach early, because by the time we left it was getting really crowded there. We were going to go check out another beach in La Jolla to go boogie boarding, but we were all beached out and the boys wanted to go swimming at the hotel pool instead. 
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