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| San Elijo State Beach |
The ride to San Elijo took us mostly off the highway and onto our very own bike paths and military base because Highway 1 disappears into gravel and the fast moving freeway. Before we officially entered Camp Pendleton we rode the Old Coast Highway which had been turned into a bike lane then all of a sudden a giant helicopter swoops down on us not 150 meters above our heads seemingly only there to check us all out. I guess we do look a bit like a dangerous slow-moving convoy from above. Nonetheless we could cleary see the pilots and basically every detail on the aircraft. The whole time I thought they were going to jump out of the side and tackle us to the ground in some crazy military exercise.
After being waved through the base we ended up in Oceanside around lunch time. We had heard about a wonderful all you can eat buffet called hometown buffet and were eager to find it and gorge ourselves. The directions we got said it was about three miles down the road with various turns and such. We didn't think that was so bad so we set out. The three miles went by as we went up and down hills and still no buffet. We confirmed that there was such a restaurant and got new directions from random people and kept going. By the time we arrived, about 6 miles later, we were super hungry but the place did not disappoint. Everything you could ever want plus we made rootbeer floats. I even made myself poutine! (which I have not had since Canada as no one ever has gravy, fries and cheese in the same place) We left three hours later feeling overly satisfied and not at all ready for the extra miles we added to our day.
We arrived at the campground early enough to see the sunset and catch a glimpse of the surfers catching the last waves of the evening.
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| Campsite by the water |
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| sunset |
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