How to get yourself good and tired… and sore
One of the great things about San Diego is that there are so many ways to get around:
Those are just a few. Obviously there’s the ubiquitous car, motorcycle, and bus, too. So yesterday I traveled 11.1 miles and today another 15.1 miles, all on this:
Russel Ray’s bike
Yesterday’s ride was west, to the beach, specifically the end of the San Diego jetty where the San Diego River meets the Pacific Ocean and where a colony of fine, furry, four-legged felines live:
Today’s ride was east, into the boondocks, where the wildlife is a little more wild:
Of course I have billions and billions and billions of pictures, but you’ll just have to wait because I am sore, sore, sore, needing a good soaking in the hot tub with a margarita close at hand.
And then, get this, the glutton for punishment that I am, I’m going on an 8-mile hike out in the boondocks tomorrow with the San Diego Urban Explorers, urbanites who explore the boondocks, not people who explore urbanity like you might think. Our goal tomorrow is to get to Lake Morena where, rumor has it (and in this case I discovered that the rumor is true), there are caves. Yahooo! Who knew there were caves in the San Diego County boondocks?!!
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Posted on February 23, 2013, in Birds, Fauna, Manmade, Mother & Father Nature, Out & About, Photos, Railroads & trains and tagged amtrak pictures, cruise ship pictures, feral cat pictures, hawk pictures, jet ski pictures, san diego trolley pictures, tall ship pictures, the californian tall ship pictures. Bookmark the permalink. 31 Comments.
Have fun hiking, can’t wait to hear about it!
Are you going caving? As in deep down in to the caves? I see your bicycle has a little place on the back where you could put a dog.
We have quite a few Urban Explorers who take their dogs with them.
As I understand it we will not be going deep down into the caves. However, that probably won’t prevent some of us from going in for a few feet or so.
Rest up. The enjoy your hike.
Caves! How fun and enjoy your soak in the hot tub.
interesting—–moving life
Stay classy, San Diego!
Beautiful photos ! lots of ways to travel yet you chose the bike. For fresh air or to workout?
Work out and to explore San Diego County so that I’ll have something to put in my blog……….lol
Great title! It pulled me in, and I love your photos. What an awe-inspiring canvas you have to work with, tired or not!
So glad to see that you made it to the cat colony again. Amazed by the punishment you are giving your derriere!
I like a lot about this post, but oh…how I love sailboats! <3
A couple of years ago, probably for my 15th anniversary, Jim and I went on a sailboat ride on America 3. Now that its America’s Cup days are over, it’s a sailboat tourist boat. A lot of fun!
Lovely place, lovely cat
Especially liked the sail boats and the cat.
Hi Russel,
Being an old-timer myself, I really like that sailing-ship!
best regards from southern Texas,
Pit
That’s the Californian, the official tall ship of California.
You must be in good shape!
Nope. Pushing myself, though.
I am going to San Diego in April. I am going to take the train to Tijuana.
Make sure you bring your passport. They don’t let you come back with just a driver’s license anymore.
Don’t worry…when you go for that punishing hike you will suffer in a whole new way as a different set of aching muscles scream abuse at you lol … of course they will be accompanied by the ones from the bike ride too but hey! Exercise and fresh air is so good for you!
I like the thought of a feline colony…the one in your photo kinda brings to mind colonies of birds…but I guess they are the reason this feline is looking so lazy and content…and FULL!!
Those top two tram photos really caught my eye…so bright and clean and modern…you wouldn’t like to see the ones we have here lol
Actually, there are so many people who feed the cats that they never have to exert any energy chasing birds or otherwise looking for something to eat.
On 2nd thoughts, maybe they’re not trams…they look like it to me, but I guess we’re talking USA here and therefore you likely as not have far superior trains to any we Brit’s might possess! Our trams run along the roads on tracks but these look like superior rail tracks (tram lines look like that here) running through stations… if so I stand corrected
Gorgeous shots!
Are we lucky to have a city that allows us all these different methods of getting around all year round… I love this city
the second pic was a fav. Thank you for the brief camp on my blog:)
Love the tall ship pics!
Have been to San Diego many times but have only seen San Diego through your eyes.
Thank you, Photographer/Blogger Ray…
Loved you photos, particularly the first sailing ship.