SF:SD Dana Point to Carlsbad

Dana Point is named after Richard Henry Dana (1815 – 1882), author of "Two Years Before The Mast", a book I read many, many years ago.

Today started with high clouds, which were welcomed since it’s been getting pretty hot and the cloud cover helped.  Today’s route was free of traffic but pretty boring.  A lot of it was on bike paths and some of the residential areas we rode through were different from what we usually experience. We usually experience million dollar homes with garages hiding Mercedes’ and Porsches’.  But today, many of the houses had Chevy’s and Fords’ in the driveway and on the street.

Terrorists don’t ride bikes, at least in the US.

We rode through Camp Pendleton where two of my grandsons, Rickey and Austin, attended boot camp in the US Marine Corps.  Their graduation ceremonies were very moving.  Our route sheet today had unusual warnings: “Watch for tanks” and “Planes have right of way.” We had been warned and a sign at the entrance also said “100% identification required”.  But all bicyclists – and there were a lot of us – were admitted without showing any id.  Don’t tell this to terrorists.

By the way, this is the penultimate day for the Santa Barbara to San Diego ride.  CLICK HERE FOR TODAY'S ROUTE.

Since it was a short day, most of us took a side trip to visit Mission San Luis Rey.

 

 

 

 

 

I don’t think I’ve ever heard of Carlsbad, California.  We’re staying at the Carlsbad Inn Beach Resort which is a pretty nice place. There are 36 restaurants within a 12 block area so I don’t think we’ll have a problem finding a place for dinner.