Well, we had a plan, but we ended up doing totally different things. We were going to walk around a meditation garden that Deborah has been wanting to go see, but when we got there, it turned out they are closed on Mondays. So, I guess that's for another trip! Luckily there was a gorgeous overlook nearby for us to regroup somewhere pretty. H Street Overlook was awesome! Easy parking, amazing gorgeous view, and dolphins!!!!! A pod of maybe about 8, quite close to shore, just going along doing dolphin things!
From there we went to La Jolla, trying to see leopard sharks in their nursery in the clear water, but we were too late in the day for that already. We did have gorgeous views, and saw just ridiculous numbers of pelicans and cormorants! A very nice walk which my knees did well on. And then when we were getting back into the car, a juvie red-tailed hawk was right there! So we paused again for that.
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Then down to the sea lion beach, more great nature sightings. There were ground squirrels there, my first time getting a good look at them. And of course sea lions, chasing each other around, hanging out, they are always a treat to see. And look how beautiful the beach next door is!
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From there, back home and picking up Mom for lunch in Seaport Village. As we were waiting for a table, a sharp-shinned hawk flew into a tree right by us! So I reported that as an incidental. Lunch was amazing. Nice place on the water, again with the gorgeous view. And I got huevos rancheros and they were so delicious! I would definitely go back to that place again! The rest of the day I just kept thinking back on that meal :-) We walked around Seaport Village, Mom wanted to look around and do some shopping and maybe find a treasure. Well the treasure that we found was ice cream, thank you Ben and Jerry's!
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