So why is it that when we walk along Oceanside Pier it takes 2 hours? We are greeted by almost everyone, fishermen, joggers, families.
Half way down we stand and watch a friendly pelican on the railing. We turn and watch the 50 or so surfers ride the pacific rollers.
The sky is blue, the temperature a pleasant 75 (22C).
As we walk to the end of the pier we watch a silly seal floating on its back with its flippers out of the water, sunning itself.
In the distance we see a large pod of dolphin swim by.
Pelicans are 'dive bombing' into the sea to catch fish, this is visually quite exciting as they fly up to about 40ft above the water, spy a fish and plummet downwards, with their wings swept back behind them and hit the water like a spear, coming back up with the fish (hopefully).
We talk to some people from Canada, arguing whether the floating seal is a seal or a piece of driftwood (of course it is a seal, but they are Canadians and don't have a lot of imagination).
We turn to stroll back to the beach and the sun is getting low over the ocean.
We pass the (now 3) pelicans posing on the hand rail and stop for a few pics.
I notice a kind of swirling in the water, like a whirlpool about 15ft across.Talking to a man fishing starts a discussion as some fishermen say it is a bait ball of small fish, others, a surfer, says that it is just the water moving across a sand bar. We all stand and watch it for about 10 minutes, without a significant conlcusion. I think it was a bait ball.
Meanwhile Sally is talking to a Graphic Design student at UCSD who is taking pictures. By now the sun is sinking to the horizon and I try and get some nice sunset pics, but they are not very good. The girl points out the house used by Tom Cruise in the film Top Gun. As we cross the beach we watch a guy with a stick, he is producing weird pictures in the sand.
We eventually get back to the Chevy and drive back to the trailer.
A very pleasant stroll.
Pelicans fishing - click here for full screen slide show
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