There is a little beach in La Jolla called the Children's Pool; aka., the seal beach. It is the only beach in San Diego (that I know of anyhow) where you can see wild harbor seals up close. They pup there and generally hang out all year round. One can only imagine that seals used to live like this on beaches all up and down the coast before the Sunbathers took over the place. Either way, it's an incredible opportunity to teach kids and adults alike a little more about nature. However, there is a contingent of La Jolla residents who would prefer the beach be "seal-free" so that the kids would have one more place to swim. Now, I happen to think that the kids, especially rich La Jolla kids, have lots of places to swim but only one place to see wild seals. In any case, it's a huge commotion in the city. Some guy is suing to force the city to dredge out the pool and scare off the seals. The conservationists are suing to have the marine mammal protection act enforced. What a zoo (no pun intended)! As for me, I'm taking all the seal pictures I can while they're still there.
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