One of my former co-workers, Joe, and his wife, Barbara, live about 10 miles away from the campground where we are staying (Wilderness Lakes near Menifee). They invited us to go on a drive on Saturday with them, and we happily agreed! We met them at their home in Murrieta, and Joe drove us west up through the mountains between us and the coast - I don't have the precise route, but we went through De Luz and Fallbrook.
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| In Fallbrook we hit a snag as the route (76) we were planning to take to continue west over to Oceanside was closed due to the Lilac Fire. You can see some smoke down the closed road. |
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| So, we went over to I-15 and south a little ways to route 78 to head west instead. We could see some smoke in the hills from the interstate as well. |
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| Route 78 brought us west to the ocean just between Oceanside and Carlsbad. |
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| We stopped for lunch at The Poseidon Restaurant in Del Mar - |
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| It was right on the ocean - gorgeous! |
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| After lunch we headed further south down the coast, stopping at the Torrey Pines Gliderport. |
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| Unfortunately we were a little too late in the day to see anyone flying on the gliders (they were packing up the equipment). |
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| There were beautiful views down the coast (that's La Jolla on the spit of land in the distance). |
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| A bunny on the lawn where the handgliders would land... |
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| ... and a very rotund squirrel just below us! |
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| A bee on one of the ice plant flowers. |
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| Barbara and Joe - our friends and tourguides! |
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| We ended our day at La Jolla Shores Beach Park. |
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| It, and the whole day, were lovely. |
We so enjoyed getting a private guided tour along routes that we probably never would have found on our own! Many thanks to Joe and Barbara!!!
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