La Jolla for the Day

Part of a rotating series of murals in La Jolla.

https://www.lajolla.com/article/murals-of-la-jolla-public-art-series/

Gallery in La Jolla.

Inflatable elephant at some private event.  They were playing VERY loud, horrible music.

The reason for the trip.

The La Jolla Caves are a magnificent set of seven caves nestled between La Jolla Cove and La Jolla Shores. Of the seven dynamic caves, only one of them is accessible by land; the other six can only be viewed by kayaking with a guide.

 

The caves are set within a seventy-five million year old sea cliff and are all uniquely named. White Lady, Little Sister, Shopping Cart, Sea Surprize, Arch Cave, Sunny Jim’s Cave, and Clam’s Cave make up the seven caves of La Jolla. Sunny Jim’s Cave is unique in that it is the only known land accessed cave along the California shoreline.  

You are not allowed to enter any of the caves without an experienced tour guide, because of the possible dangers from changing tides.

Sunny Jim’s Cave got its name from the shape of its mouth; it closely resembles a cartoon character used for a brand of cereal that was common at the turn of the century. Within this exquisite cave is a set of 145 steps that go up a tunnel to a shop named the Cave Store that sells and rents snorkeling gear. The cave tunnel, carved out by Chinese immigrant laborers, is an important aspect of the cave’s history. In fact, all the caves were frequently used for smuggling Chinese and other immigrants into the United States. This was the original purpose of the tunnel leading from Sunny Jim’s Cave to La Jolla’s Coast Boulevard. These intriguing caves were also once used to smuggle illegal whisky during prohibition.