Showing posts with label Camino California. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Camino California. Show all posts

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Day 2: San Diego-Cardiff by the Sea. 12. 5 miles.

Day 2: San Diego-Cardiff by the Sea. 12. 5 miles.
Good Pilgrim deed of the day: we saved a golden lab that was running frantic in busy traffic and who was nearly hit by cars multiple times. We got the dog to come to us and called the owner. The owner was already looking for him and arrived promptly. Hardly a word was exchanged between us, but Dewey the old and sweet dog was returned safe and we continued on our way.
We found out quite quickly that the San Diego Hills are quite brutal on the feet. The Torrey Pines path was a beautiful respite from the heavy traffic. I was expecting cooler weather as we got nearer the coast. Unlike our foggy Monterey Bay, Del Mar was very hot. We went to Board & Brew to rest and eat. I had imagined with a name like Board & Brew the they would have a wide selection of craft beers. They did not. I was tired, too, hot, and approaching heat exhaustion.  We called an Uber to take us the last 5 miles we had to go. It took me a few hours to recover. 

I learned that Southern California is much warmer than our central coast. I will take measures from now on to protect myself from the sun and heat. In the end we stayed in an absolutely lovely Air B & B, in Cardiff by the Sea. 

  Leaving San Diego. Sorry no pictures of Dewey. It took both hands to keep him safe.

Used Yelp to find this place in North Torrey Pines.

 Torrey Pines Trail



Torrey Pines Trail

Torry Pines Trail- OceanView.

We made it to the sea!

Happy Pilgrims. Notice no pictures in bright sun. The sun shut me down.
Beautiful view. Oh, do the feet hurt.

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Day 1. San Diego Zoo-Ariane in San Diego. 14 miles

Day 1. San Diego Zoo- Air B & B on Ariane in San Diego. 14 miles.
We took an early morning Uber to the zoo and got there just sat the zoo was opening. I had never been to San Diego Zoo. The San Diego Zoo was phenomenal! After touring the zoo we walked right out of the zoo and pilgrimmed our way through multimillion dollar home communities, Historic Downtown San Diego, and up up and up steep hills through nice neighborhoods. 

Finally, in the early evening we arrived at Air B & B. This was my first experience with Air B & B. Our host was late, but it all turned out ok. 


One of my favorite animals, Galapagos Tortoise. This is pretty much us for the next month. Slow and steady with our homes on our backs.