Christmas at La Jolla

[Aaron&Julie]

Since Julie was working I decided to hit La Jolla, to enjoy a day on the water, catch bug-bait, maybe get lucky with the right kind. The first two were easy, like Meatloaf sang...2 out of 3 ain't bad. Only 2 other yakkers out there, and 1 private boater (for a while).
Freezing at the launch at 6:00AM, but I was in a T-shirt in the afternoon.
The usual assortment of company, sea lions (yeah, those bastards), sea gulls, dolphins, pelicans. I hate to think it, but there's a pelican out there with his lower bill at 2 o'clock while his upper is at twelve. It kind of looks like someone may have wrenched it over intentionally, maybe pissed off because the bird dove on his bait or jig. I hate to think someone would intentionally do that, but it had that appearance. I'm all for wiping out the over-abundance of sea lions (or cormorants) like they do when deer populations are too great to be healthy, but to just maim an animal on purpose, well...that's another story.
Here's a couple of shots I took of this beautiful day: