In an attempt to “fill my weekend,” I went out to La Jolla this morning to meet with a local Photography club and join in on one of their workshops.

The directions on their website said, “Meet at La Jolla Tide pools located just north of the La Jolla Lifeguard station on Coast Blvd.” Seemed easy enough.

By the time I was trying to figure out exactly how to get there (I had an idea in my mind but it had been years since I had been in that area), I soon realized that there was more than one “tidepools (and lifetowers) in La Jolla” and it was too late to email the coordinator for specifics.

So I went down there and the lighting was nice. I couldn’t believe how warm it was at the beach already by 7AM! I walked down to where I thought they would be, but when 7AM came, I couldn’t find a single person with a camera!

Instead, I came across the La Jolla Cove Swim Club and was approached by three friendly and funny gentlemen who wanted me to take their picture and send it to them (which I will).

I eventually walked up to a guy who looked like he might have been a photographer (he had that safari-type vest on and a wheeled luggage with him), but he wasn’t. He was kind enough to walk and talk with me down to the other end of the cove to where the other tide pools were. He was really nice, too, and in this small world, was from the same (small) town and area that I was from.

I never did end up finding any of them. I was a little bummed. But, it’s not all that often that 1) I’m by the beach and 2) I’m out in the sun that early in the morning, so I hung around for an hour, took some pictures, and just enjoyed it.