Lynn's Lucky Day

My friends Lynn, Jules and Barbara came down from Laguna Beach on a whim this morning for a La Jolla swim...so had to do the hostess thang and show them a good swim...and what a swim!  Last night Lynn stated she wanted to swim with the sharks, but none to be had lately, so I offered up the possibility of spying a turtle. The reply?  "If I swam with a turtle...I'd pee my speedo!" 

 

Us locals aim to please so off we swam to the Shores, 1/2. then MR then half way to the Q, there they were...Turtles, not one but two (only one graced our camera...the little one got away).  The UW Coffee Table one graced us with a long visit, but Jr, who was only maybe 20in across sped away.  One the way in we saw dolphin going from the Q out to the B.  After a long soak to de-thaw we had breakies at the cafe over at the LJ Museum of Art...yumm so good.  Try it.  Hope to swim with y'all soon. (all photos courtesy of Lynn since mine was given up to Neptune as a peace offering)

having low standards rocks!

thursday noon, RUTH!, lftc, loli swam all alone, no other swimmers out, too bad because conditions were actually good based on my new and lowered standards in which i'm completely happy if the surf isn't homicidal and the sun shines even the tiniest bit. see what swimming can do for us? it can balance our expectations unless you happen to be RUTH! who isn't happy unless she sees whales inside the cove. we're working on it though. anyway, 57 degrees, some light wind chop, pretty good viz out near the a, maybe 10/15 feet, good current toward the cove with a few happy swells pushing us right onto the sand. course: a, 1/4, a and in with a lone swimmer sighting. we sat on the bench with binoculars for awhile, searching for mammals but saw only boats and birds. absolutely beautiful and warm weather, clear sun, happy day.
thanks to my sweet partners, again, for getting me there and swimming with me.
lftc-out
p.s.on the board-the big chill miles chart is in color (fancy) and my name appears as 'laura the one and only'! i love it as i am the original lftc. thanks, big chill grand poobah!