Day 35. Oceanside to Pacific Beach!!

Yep, we're in San Diego now. Pacific Beach to be more precise, one of our favorite places to go since we lived in the Phoenix area 35 years ago.  A very nice, joyous 35 mile Saturday morning ride arriving about 1pm. 

  

Leaving Oceanside around 9am on the bike path. We would see lots of walkers, runners, and cyclist today all along the beachside communities. 

After Oceanside comes Carlsbad.  There was a fair amount of traffic but really good bike lanes for the most part, plus the hundreds of cyclists, mostly what I call OWGOB's (Old White Guys On Bikes) help make the motorists more aware and generally more considerate. 

After Carlsbad comes Encinitas.   That's an atypical OWGOB ahead of Angela. No spandex or a carbon bike frame for him!! Many of the cyclist today were friendly, curious and very celebratory of us finishing our journey, some riding along side of us or stopping to chat when we stopped. It helped make the day more special.  

We stopped in Solana Beach at the halfway point to enjoy the sea views and a little snack. 

Leaving Del Mar and getting ready to climb up that hill ahead of us into Torrey Pines. From there we'll ride through the upper crust of La Jolla before cruising into funky PB.  

Riding down Mission Blvd we have just a few blocks before we end the bicycle touring part of our adventure. 

   We made it!!  They were having the Pacific Beach Festival with live acts and lots of vendors so the boardwalk was crazy. We gave our victory picture poses and went to check in. 

We'll be here for 3 nights in a row!!  We haven't slept in the same place for more than one night in a row since August 30, 38 days ago. Yea!!

Our place has a nice view of the beach and was very comfortable.  

And a Pacifico beer to celebrate a great trip and many fond memories of places and people on our trip. But it's not over yet. We're still planning on making this a Border to Border trip by visiting Tijuana on our bikes in a couple of days.