Alight. Five stories of salvation
By Zecharia Grossman, as told to Mindel Kassorla
Several summers ago, a couple of friends and I decided to do a weeklong road trip up and down the coast of California.
On the last day, nearly everyone flew back home in the morning. But one friend and I stuck around because our flight out of San Diego wasn’t until that evening. We had a full day to enjoy La Jolla, and after finding a good deal on Groupon, we decided to go snorkeling. There we could see the famed La Jolla Cove, one of the most beautiful scuba and snorkeling locations in the country.
At the snorkeling gear rental shop, we asked the lady behind the desk if she had any recommendations for especially interesting sites. Excitedly, she suggested a specific beach with deep caves where the enormously high tides brought in tropical fish from Hawaii. She said these beautiful creatures only come in every few years, and we were really lucky to be able to see them.
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