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| Torrey Pines |
Flo and Bill gave us a personalized tour of the San Diego
shoreline. We started with brunch at one of their favorite restaurants,
Americana, in Del Mar. Then we headed off for Torrey Pines Reserve. Torrey
pines only live in 2 places in the world: this area around San Diego and the
island of Santa Rosa. Bill and Flo serve as docents at this park and they
pointed out all the highlights along the loop trail we took to see the pines,
canyon, and ocean. Then we were off to the glider port, where people were
launching on a parasail or model gliders were flying in the constant winds
coming from the ocean. Bill has his own gliders which he flies here. Further
down the coast we stopped at La Jolla to see the harbor seals which are taking
over a beach meant for children to wade in the ocean. We had a interesting
explanation from the ranger on how they are trying to provide a reasonable
compromise between use of the beach by people and seals. Our final stop was
Cabrillo National Monument, which is at the entry to San Diego Bay,
commemorating Cabrillo’s journey up the California coast in 1542 to claim this
land for Spain. Today, the old Point Loma Lighthouse dominates the point and
from here you can see the bay and the large Naval installation on North Island.
Finally, we traveled south along the bay, passing the Hotel del Coronado to end
our sightseeing for the day. We headed back toward our camp at ate a delicious
Mexican meal near our campground. It was a great tour by our hosts with lots of
interesting sights.
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| Parasails using the winds |
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