Subject: Swam in La Jolla Cove Saturday - WOW A bunch of us rode our bikes form LA to San Diego Saturday, through the rain, and then swam at La Jolla Sunday. I was a little worried given the first rain of the year, runoff, etc., but they were holding the La Jolla 10 mile relays that day, and there were lots of swimmers in the water. I figured if they didn't cancel that, I guess we're all taking our chances. Lots of divers out to taking classes or just having fun. We dropped 4 guys off at the Cove to do 2 miles, then drove around to the Shores for 1 mile. What a beautiful swim.... don't imagine condtions are always like that, but you could see the bottom the entire way, even as deep as 30 feet or so. One turtle (!) was spotted by our paddler, and a couple small sharks as well. As we swam over the canyon edge, we could see the drop off into the submarine canyon. Nice balmy 67 degrees. My buddy got a $100 premium by doing the second mile all backstroke. Following the swim, a run back to Mission Bay. OK, I like swimming in manhattan beach, but I am officially jealous |