Pelicans, Tide Pools and Youngsters

5/6-5/9/23

One of the coolest and most peaceful things here is watching the flocks of pelicans glide along the bluff where we camp. All day they glide up and down the beach camping area, giving us a great show! It’s peaceful, like watching a fish tank full of colorful fish.

Saturday, We were joined on this leg of the journey by Mark and Lorraine for four nights by the ocean. After their arrival, we walked to the campground entrance where live music was playing again tonight. It wasn’t as crowded or as loud as last night but well attended by locals and campers alike. We chatted with some locals and got some ideas of what to do while we were here.

We all walked back to our site which was all the way, aaaalllll the way at the south end of the campground. Then, another beautiful sunset. Dinner and relaxing were on the schedule for the evening. Our guests had been up way too early in order to catch a flight and needed some rest!

Sunday : Today just happens to be the day that the “nations largest single day street faire” is held in Carlsbad,CA. It’s a gorgeous day so why not? Leisure mornings are our thing so at noon we headed to the faire, caught a free luxury shuttle and spent the afternoon at the free faire! A late lunch at the Irish pub and off to more strolling along many, many, many blocks of crafts, business vendors and, of course, snack food booths! It truly was the largest street faire I have ever seen! After a shuttle back to the car, we all went back to the RV oceanside where we got ready for our special dinner at The Marine Room restaurant. (Click on the underlined link)… it was dining La Jolla style. The Marine Room is right on the ocean and at high tide, the waves break on the windows (made of bulletproof glass)! Paul and I treated ourselves to an extravagant dinner to celebrate our anniversary (44 years on 5/19) and his birthday. Watching the sunset… again, at the Marine Room.

Back to the RV for a campfire completed the day.

Monday brought us to our half way mark in this chapter of Dimmler’s RV adventures!
It also brought us to a day in La Jolla. We went to Torrey Pines Preserve and walked the ‘trail’ along the beach … then it suddenly went up a cliff for 300 feet! Mark and Lorraine did the hike up and Paul and I opted to take our shoes off and walk back in the water. It was a chilly 62ish degrees but refreshing on our toes. Not so refreshing if we were swimming 🥶

We all met back at the beginning of the loop trail, had a picnic lunch then headed to the LaJolla Seal Rock.

Further south we found the LaJolla Tide Pools. Such a fabulous day exploring!

We grilled some chicken for dinner and, well, we watched another beautiful sunset! Someone has to!

5/9/23, Tuesday and a youngsters birthday!
Paul, the birthday boy, chose to take a walk on the beach (after a leisurely morning of course) and here are some pics of the attempt to fly kites. Of all the crazy windy days we had, now that we are trying to fly a kite there is NO wind! Oh well, we tried.

We walked along the rocky shores, gathered stones and lo and behold we looked up and there was the RV up on the cliff…

Back at the RV, snacks and relaxing commenced. Our friends decided to take us out to dinner to celebrate Paul’s birthday. Good food at The Yard House and back to the RV for cake and games. This time Paul actually bought a game while getting a script filled! If you know him, playing games is not usually his first choice of entertainment.

Fun times 🥳

Time to clean up and prep for departure tomorrow to Sequoia National Park.
Mark and Lorraine are headed north to see friends before going home. We are all sad to leave the Pacific coast but more adventures to come!
Safe Travels to all!