San Diego: Lazy Harbor Seals Lounging in La Jolla

Solana Beach, San Diego North County. Next to La Jolla, Del Mar on the South, Encinitas, Carlsbad and Oceanside on the north.




Even a dedicated travel writer has to go on vacation sometimes, and after many very hectic weeks in my full-time business it was finally time to head out again, this time to San Diego, a southern-Californian dream destination for outdoor lovers.




On a very early morning we escaped the cold Toronto winter, and after a brief stop in Detroit we arrived in San Diego before noon. We picked up our rental car to drive north to Solana Beach where we were going to stay in a holiday apartment for the next week. We drove past all the fancy stores in upscale La Jolla and stopped for a brief snack in La Jolla Shores. Airlines dont feed you any more these days, so we had to look after ourselves.




After our arrival in the late afternoon we walked one block up to the waterfront. The coastline in Solana Beach is characterized by high sandstone cliffs and a narrow flat sandy beach which, depending on the tide, may actually be completely flooded by water. The late afternoon sun was casting a beautiful golden glow on the interesting sandstone formations, and the sun slowly started to set.




Solana Beach, along with the entire southern Californian coastline, is a popular destination for surfers, and dozens of surfers were playing in the waves off the beach. Locals were going for a ride on the beach or taking their dogs for a walk. Interesting formations of seaweed and pebbles had formed on the shoreline, and I furiously clicked away on my camera until the sun disappeared beneath the horizon.

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[MissZebraWolf]

I love going here and seeing the seals they're so cute and fat

[adventureahead]

Who cares, let the seals have 30 yards of beach for fuck's sake. Get a fucking life all of you.

[JetHawk]

@Mr1DonDiego But Trego also committed a hate crime towards seals so thank god he's in prison. Seals have rights too!

[veganstanger]

@Mr1DonDiego OOOh, sounds like someone is a little upset? Your post is ridiculous, and what you think in regard to my appearance, or anyone in my family, means absolutely NOTHING to me. You are one of a very limited group of people who regularly come/came down to harrass the seals--and I know all of you well--not a SINGLE ONE of you were good looking, so I hardly know where you get off insulting MY looks..LOL! But please, insult away, sweetie! Only shows what an awful person you are!

[veganstanger]

@lickmyballsho WOW! You are over 50 years old, yet your screenname is "Lick My Balls Ho"? Interesting...goes to show the level of intelligence you have. As for your post--the seals were NOT relocated here as part of a rescue effort. This is their home--it is a official seal rookery as recognized by NMFS. That means they were born here, and continue to live and give birth year after year. There are 70+ miles of beach in SD for "the public"--but thanks for your obvious love for animals!

[lickmyballsho]

@veganstanger

I was born in La Jolla in 1958, and grew up there. In the 32 years I lived there seals never inhabited this beach. Sorry to hear about this controversy, but if the seals were re-located here as part of a rescue program, they could have just as easily been re-located somewhere other than a public beach. It's a big ocean !. I love animals as much as anybody, but you animal rights activists need to remove your heads from your rectums. This beach belongs to the public !

[veganstanger]

Please ignore "Mr. Ounoit", who is actually Mr. Kent Trego, a man who was convicted of sending death threats to a young female volunteer protecting harbor seals at Casa Beach in La Jolla. Trego was not allowed near a computer without supervision for several years while on probation, and banned from taking part in anything having to do with the Children's Pool controversy--either his probation has finally ended or he is in violation of it. An unstable man, who always posted under an alias.