soaking up the sunshine.......

We've used these last two days in Solana
Beach to just soak up the glorious sunshine, walking the beaches and the streets of this pretty little beachside town.

Yesterday (thursday) we walked north to Cardiff-by-the-Sea, which provides a great stretch of beach on which to stroll, after navigating a few hundred yards of using a narrow bike path as our 'sidewalk', and hoping that all those drivers of oncoming cars have been paying attention to all those adds on TV about the dangers of texting while driving!  So anyway, we've been careful to check the tide charts and have enjoyed a couple of great days at the beach and in town.

Steve, the very nice maintenance man, here at Sand Pebbles who repaired Rob's/your dad's luggage last week, has busied himself this week putting up Halloween decorations here and there on the grounds......or else this was a late night reveler who had an unfortunate encounter with a tree after the Jimmy Buffet concert last night......who knows?

And, although we thought we were pretty observant last year, we sure didn't see these multileveled drinking fountains that are everywhere this year.  A very dog-friendly community, indeed.  I'm just concerned some toddler may find his/her way to that low level oasis......but, oh well............

Yesterday we dined on some yummerlicious grilled sandwiches and wraps at the Lockwood Table Cafe and appreciated, not only the practicality, but the artistry of this vertical herb garden on the patio where we were eating.  Looks like simple PVC pipe tubing......mmm....thinkin' we might give this a try in our garden!


This morning (friday) we headed south around some beautiful cliffs and admired some story-telling shells embedded in the ancient bluffs.  Soon we came to Del Mar dog park on the beach and it was even busier than it was the other day when we were there.  It was so entertaining and really refreshing

to watch dogs, of all sizes and breeds, running, playing, chasing frisbees and balls and one another.......I could have watched all day!

We continued south on this beautiful, wide expanse of beach ~ a three hour walk in all ~ until we arrived at a greenspace in Del Mar called Powerhouse Park, where we sat for a while in a shady area enjoying the antics of what looked like a beginning surfers class.

 

We enjoyed a moolight walk last night so much that we're going to head out for another tonight.  Plus, we hear there's going to be a partial eclipse that is predicted to be easily seen in this area.  And based on the temperatures we're hearing about back home, we're soaking up every minute of this wonderful warmth that we can!

 

Our bags are packed and we'll say good-bye to Sand Pebbles tomorrow morning and take the Coaster into San Diego and check into the Hilton on Harbor Island for the weekend.