There's all these wonderful bike rides that I've been wanting to do in San Diego and Jason & I completed one of them at the end of March. It was only twenty-something miles, but has some stunning views of the city. We started by going through Hillcrest and Bankers Hill to Harbor Dr. Even though I'm usually anti-riding-on-sidewalks, we quickly learned that since Harbor Dr is mainly used to get to the airport, it was either sidewalk peddling or death trap in the road. But much of that path ends up turning into a pretty urban park along San Diego Bay, so the ride was quite nice. Up into Pt Loma we went and after a naturesque climb up Canon, we were greeted w/ this view.
We rode on Catalina Blvd until we reach Cabrillo National Monument, the place where the first Europeans landed on the West Coast. Whatever your feelings regarding that, the views are simply the best in the city. Below in a pano-montage.
I'm so glad we biked; it was the weekend and we passed a long line of cars (maybe 30?) to get in. We walked over to the brick perch area and munched on our peanut butter and jellys.
They also have a couple light houses there. The old one behind me which can be toured. And there's a new one down a path about a hundred or so feet below. Apparently the old one wasn't very easily seen through the fog because it was so high up.
One of my favorite things about the old light houses are the antique fresnel lenses.
We just thought this sign was funny. The mens room was about a 100 feet away, so it took us a moment to realize what MEN were supposed to be doing.
We headed back through Sunset Cliffs, which are just lovely.
A nice reward of margaritas & quesadillas greeted us in Ocean Beach. Then we called it a day, threw our bikes on the front of a bus & went home.
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