Honestly not much more to say. Hard to pick a favorite here.
San Clemente Sunset
San Onofre
Brian’s mom and I went to visit San Onofre which is a hugely popular surfing spot. Unfortunately there weren’t many surfers… but I still enjoyed walking down a new part of the coast. There’s a nuclear power plant that’s being removed, and we walked right up against it to view the coastline further down(seen above).
Saw this iconic VW van.
There’s one surfer!
It costs something like $10 to park for the day. Or you can buy a pass. There’s plenty of parking, but apparently there’s a forever wait in the summer time and cars line up starting at 4:30am.
San Clemente Highlights
My in-laws live about ten minutes from the San Clemente beach, so it’s easy to get out the door and explore the area. T-Street beach is a pretty popular spot for surfing and where Brian and I had our lesson a couple years ago.
There’s a really nice walking path along the beach that stretches at least two miles. Some of the entries are a steep walk down from the main residential area. You can see there are houses precariously close to the edge of the cliffs next to the beach.
Eventually you get past the pier and on this boardwalk which was damaged from some landslides for the longest time, this was only my second time able to walk on it since I first visited in 2018.
I was able to snap some pictures of surfers from the pier.
And observed some Halloween spirit on my walk inland.
It is definitely cooler here than in Hawaii! And I’m often found in my sweater. Still not quite as cold as the Northeast.
Palomar Mountain Hike
Since San Diego I’ve transitioned up to San Clemente to hang out with family. On Saturday we ventured to Palomar Mountain for a quick hike and lunch to celebrate my sister in law’s birthday. There is a fire tower on top that we were able to visit and see the inside of. Visibility was high and you could see the San Diego skyline. (Granted it was tiny)
It was great morning for fresh air and great views! And we did end up spotting a fire! See the smoke?
We ended up at Jilberto’s. I had a taco and it was delicious.
Later we went out for Italian at Casanova’s. I had lobster ravioli.