Day 6, 7, 8: Saturday,
Sunday, Monday, January 28, 29, 30 Guajome
Lake County Park, Oceanside, CA
We headed out early to drive down I5 through the LA basin to
Oceanside. Jim did all the driving this day!! There were occasional traffic slowdowns, but
Saturday morning was a good time to travel.
This pretty park is 8 miles east of I5.
We found our spot and set up, then took Sarah on a little walk around
the park. Got a couple of beautiful
pictures of the lake. We also figured
out how to get on the San Luis Rey River bike path from the campground,
planning for our ride the next day!
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| Our campsite at Guajome Lake. |
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| View from the trail around the lake |
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| Slanting light on the calm water |
Sunday we rode the bike path 9 miles down to Oceanside
Harbor, a great path, most of it far from the highway, no dangerous crossings
at all. We saw airplanes dropping
bunches of skydivers, as many as 10 at a time, and watched the parachutes
coming down. I asked Jim if he would
like to do that, but he said jumping out of a good airplane does not make sense
to him! We saw a canoe on the river
estuary – it would be a pretty place to kayak.
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| Skydivers along the trail |
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| San Luis Rey River Trail |
In the afternoon we went down to Oceanside Harbor and went on a whale-watching boat trip. We saw seals, sea lions, lots of birds, white-sided dolphins including a baby, and bottle-nosed dolphins, but no whales! It was a beautiful day and a nice boat ride, very calm seas. All we got were videos of the dolphins, no pics to post!
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| Oceanside Harbor Beach |
In the afternoon we went down to Oceanside Harbor and went on
a whale-watching boat trip. We saw
seals, sea lions, lots of birds, white-sided dolphins including a baby, and
bottle-nosed dolphins, but no whales! It
was a beautiful day and a nice boat ride, very calm seas.
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| Our Tour Ship |
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| Making our way out of the harbor, lots of boats! |
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| White sided dolphin right by the boat |
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| Sun sparkles on calm seas |
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| Slanting light as we head back into harbor |
Monday we drove down to the Oceanside Transit Center and
caught the Coaster for a train ride to Old Town in San Diego. It costs $5.50 each and took about an
hour. We wandered around the historical
area, split an appetizer tray at the outdoor restaurant there, and rode back,
part of the trip along the ocean with surfers and sunshine. Got ice cream cones at the train station!
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| Coaster train. We rode up on top for a great view! |
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| Notice how my shirt matches the flowering vine! |
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| Old guy under old tree in Old Town Plaza. Hee hee! |
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| Surfers on a calm sea |
After dinner we went to the grocery store,
then went for a sunset walk on one of the trails at the park.
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| A man and his doggie |
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| Sunset picture, 1 of many |
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| Sunset picture, 2 of many |
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