Two Trikes Travel: San Diego Trike Trip

I woke up early and explored the camp. We were the only bike campers there. The rest of the campers drove: campers, trucks, trailers and cars. Our fellow campers were mostly from California but some had driven from far: Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Texas and even Quebec.

Most everyone was friendly and a few people asked us about our trikes and our plans. One fellow, Tony, stopped by to chat and let us know that he leads bike tours in Maine! Tony was a lifesaver: he let us know that we needed tokens for the shower and that he would be happy to pick up some for us.

We explored the campgrounds this morning and found:

The campgrounds are on a cliff overlooking the ocean. You can descend stairs to the ocean.

There is a little general store and laundry

There are camp hosts at the campgrounds who perform maintenance and answer question and take care of the facilities and the campers.

Many campers thank the camp host by picking up a rock from the beach and painting it.

We decided to experiment with sprouting so we could have fresh greens every day. I used my sprouting jars and rinsed the sprouts a few times a day. Check out the results.

Pat and I spent too much time chatting with our fellow campers so we got a late start @10:30 today. But 10:30 isn’t bad if you’re only traveling 40 miles. But it was slow going for us that day. Lots of hills and headwind. The headwinds were so powerful, you had to peddle downhill! That headwind zapped my strength.

We did have the pleasure of riding through Camp Pedleton: Marine Corps. You could hear the gunnery exercises off on a different part of the base. We stopped for a quick snack then made our way past San Onofre Power plant. We threaded through the backstreets of Oceanside then onto Capistrano Beach.

The treat at the end of the day: a lush, 2 bedroom timeshare at Capistrano Beach.