| San Diego offers a bevy of interesting hikes. With | | | | the difference by contrasting tans with sunburns. |
| the average home price being around $500,000, they | | | | Following San Elijo, you will walk through Sea Cliff |
| better be interesting! | | | | County Park with bluffs over 100 feet high. An area |
| To unwind, I typically stop on my way home from | | | | known affectionately as "Swami's" quickly follows this |
| work to hike from Cardiff to Carlsbad on the beach. | | | | park. The name derives from the fact the area |
| For picturesque sunsets and "tasty waves", the | | | | above the bluff is the home to the Self Realization |
| beach between Cardiff to Carlsbad can't be beat. | | | | Fellowship Center. This area is know as hot surf spot, |
| Cardiff - Starting | | | | but is very crowded. If you are a bit winded, you |
| I typically start this hike by parking just south of | | | | can stop and watch 50 or so surfers maneuver for |
| restaurant row in Cardiff. Restaurant row is located | | | | waves. Yes, traffic jams aren't exclusively restricted |
| to the north of the lagoon between Cardiff and | | | | to California freeways. |
| Solana Beach on Highway 101. Parking is located on | | | | North of Swami's, you will cruise along a long strip of |
| the side of the road, which is right up against the | | | | sand hemmed in by 50 to 60 foot bluffs in the town |
| beach. Give me convenience or give me death! | | | | of Encinitas. For those with a wicked sense of humor, |
| As you head north, you first pass Charlie's and other | | | | there is a relatively popular game called, "Watch the |
| restaurants. Past the restaurants, you will come to | | | | house fall." Yes, the bluffs are giving away slowly. As |
| the beginning of the bluffs that will line the beach to | | | | they erode, the homes first lose plants, then patios |
| the end of the hike. San Elijo campground is on top | | | | and so on. They say real estate is all about location, |
| of the initial bluffs and extends for roughly a mile | | | | location, location, but sometimes a beach front home |
| north. The campground is very popular and the | | | | isn't all that great. |
| temporary home of locals and tourist. You can tell | | | | |