Bike and Stuff

There are a lot of opportunities for outdoor activities here in San Diego. For those who like water, there's surfing, whether it be on traditional full size surfboards, boogie boards, kite-surfing or plain body surfing - that I actually see a lot of over by Oceanside and by the birdrock in La Jolla. Also, Mission Bay is the perfect spot for activities like rowing, kayaking and sailing. C. has already suggested I take sailing classes, and I just might. And Mission Bay is just blocks away from where we live in Pacific Beach. Along the bay, all the way 'till the entry of the harbour, practically, and also all along the beach line, up to La Jolla, there's a great biking path that's actually also crowded with joggers, roller-bladers and walkers. C. likes to go roller blading after the usual day of otherwise inertia and I come along on his bike. If we take part of the Mission Bay path and then cut short to the ocean side and follow the boardwalk up to the pier, that makes for a good hour of exercise. We can just manage to squeeze that in before sunset if we're home before seven. It's kind of regrettable that the days up on campus should be so long, but on the other hand we haven't put enough emphasis on leaving early for work, in which case we could more easily justify going home at five.

So, that's for the biking. May not compare to the seaside at home, but there's definitely less wind here!

We visited the Torrey Pines park for the first time this weekend. It's dead close to campus and it's great for a little walk/hike if only for the smell of pine and herbs there. The drawback being though that it seems like you can only enter the park from the north side, so you have to drive almost all the way up to Delmar, then there's a steep, refreshing hike up to the Torrey pines plateau, from where you can make different little walks to the edge of the cliffs. The forest may not be anything to write home about, it's kind of sparse, but the scents are marvelous. Maybe good for biking as well, if you can make it up that hill ...