Camping at South Carlsbad State Beach

Wednesday to Friday, we camped on the cliff above the ocean in Carlsbad.  The campground was less than half full even though the weather was spectacular the first two days.  Check that wave, Paul.  I regretted not bringing a board.  The park thoughtfully provided a chain link fence to keep me from falling over the cliff during the night.

Fall is such a great time to enjoy camping and traveling.  Kids are in school, and the coast can have some of it's best days.

What is this?  Gail thought we should be sandpipers, so I set the camera's timer.  When we looked up there was a man standing above us grinning.  As he walked by he said, "Sometimes it's just better not to ask."

A few minutes later we had a jaw dropping sunset.  Groups of pelicans were flying just offshore, passing in front of the setting sun.  Aaahh.







Thursday morning, we were on our way to hike for the day at San Elijo Lagoon.  I had to pull into the famed Swami's surf break on the way to take a look.  It was on the small side, but I was glad to see the line-up and get a sense of  how the swells feel the reef there.

We loved the big tree trunk sculpture, Gail a little more than me, in front of Swami's gold domed Self-Realization Fellowship ashram overlooking the reef point.

Happy Hour!

"God's rays", Thursday evening, forshadowed rain the following morning.  We managed to break camp in 10 minutes just as the drops started to fall.