Being a Tourist in San Diego- beautiful City- Warm all the time! Massive Harbor. With Military, cruise ships, Ferries and commercial and private crafts filling the harbor and are always moving. Plus, kayaks, paddle boards. Just back from our Trolley tour, a good way to see the city without driving, walking or paying for parking and maps! Old town San Diego was nice, hot though, had lunch there. This is where San Diego started. It was part of Spain at one time. D...

Day 39- WE DID IT!! La Jolla to Mexican Border to Hotel in San Diego. 57miles- Sept. 18 -Tues. Left La Jolla early and followed beach path around Mission Bay into Point Loma. Past U.S. Naval Reservation and followed path past San Diego Airport and Harbor. Several "Tall Ships", were on display as well as naval ships. Here we boarded the Ferry to Coronado Island- 15 minute ride to another tourist destination and more military. Stopped for coffee and met ...

Day 38- Monday, Sept.17- 28 miles Oceanside to La Jolla Up usual time, into lobby for free breakfast- good! Nice ride beachside out of Oceanside. I would come back here- not so fancy, at least parts we saw- but nice! Right into Carlsbad, Encinitas (coffee), Cardiff, Solana Beach. Wall to wall cities! At Del Mar, famous for it's race track, I spotted a UPS store...Fran had mentioned them. Went in and shipped all our camping gear, etc. home plus my trailer....I ...

Day 37- 48miles- Sunday, September 16. Newport to Oceanside Left motel after huge breakfast(why do they serve such large portions inUSA?) Fog and headwinds greeted us. Went past turnoff for Balboa Peninsula - from highway it looks like a great place also biked by Crystal Cove State Ark- yes Gillian I would come back and stay there! Next Laguna Beach- trendy and screams money!! But took a break there out of wind. Not a good biking area-no shoulders and drivers ver...

Day 36- September 15- 38 miles Happy Birthday Johnny- Hope your holiday was fun, just like you and Gayle! Redondo Beach to NewPort Beach Good sleep-no fog again this morning just warm weather. Little traffic at start of ride-nice ride through Torrance, Carson onto a bike path along the Los Angeles River which took us to Long Beach. Wow, what a neat place! Went all around Shoreline Village and Marina. Very picturesque! There were these Islands out in the water wi...