Hidden Coastline

Well our intention this morning was to drive up the coast to La Jolla and experience the beaches. Unfortunately it's a little different here.. all of the buildings are right on the coast. Unless you stop at a specific beach and walk the boardwalk you don't see anything.

We stopped at Mission Beach and walked the boardwalk with the Pacific Ocean on our left and million dollar condos on our right. The beach had nice sand but a lot of erosion from the heavy rain storm a couple weeks ago. We enjoyed the ocean air and then went back to the car.

Next our plan was to visit La Jolla. We wound our way through beautiful neighborhoods filled with Bouganvilla and gorgeous gardens but no ocean was in sight. We found one road that ended in a dead end and we could look out over the cliffs across the sparking blue ocean. Much of La Jolla seems to be built on cliffs. Finally we found a gorgeous neighborhood that overlooked the ocean. There were picnic tables and walkways to the water. Not really a beach, but plenty of rocks to sit on. The waves were pretty good and we watched several surfers. We sat on a huge rock and watched the waves break against the rocks and enjoyed the sun. We never did find the beautiful beaches, but we enjoyed the coastline.

It was finally time to head back to camp so we wound our way through the Santee Lakes area and back to I8E. Back at camp we hung out and talked about our trip. San Diego is definitely a place we would come back to!

(Pictures top to bottom: La Jolla Cove, Mission Beach Boardwalk, Mission Beach)