31 Jul 2023
Captain Cyril with dad-sea-jokes (How does Lady Gaga like her sushi? Raw raw, raw raw raw) and Claire hosted our kayak tour, taking us to the La Jolla Caves, over the leopard sharks (don’t touch them or you’ll get leprosy) and by the sea lions inside the caves who barked at us. The most dangerous critters were the garibaldi’s (think goldfish) whose males have to protect the eggs from the females who will eat them—and they are more dangerous than the sharks! We took a 3-seater kayak with our 8-year-old birthday boy in the middle (he didn’t have to paddle). Our boy Liam taught Captain Cyril a pun-riddle, “Where do ships go when they are sick? The Doc.” We learned that Dr. Seuss lived up above the caves and the houses directly above on cliff edges are temporary housing as they are expected to fall into the ocean from erosion and earthquakes in the next few decades. We also learned that one of the caves was a bootlegging lair where alcohol was hidden by ships and then taken to speak-easies during prohibition.