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Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve

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Earlier in the month, Lori and I travelled to the San Diego area to visit Kyle, Brittany and our five grandkids. It was great spending time with them, especially getting to know the twins, now three month old. While there, we did a few fun things including an open ocean kayak tour in La Jolla Cove (great fun, Michael and Friends Kayak Tours operating out of Everyday California, check them out at everydaycalifornia.com) and hiking in the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve. The Reserve is one of two places where you can find the Torrey pine, Pines torreyana. The other is Santa Rosa Island near Santa Barbara. The reserve offers eight miles of trails, we chose the Beach Trail, 3/4 of a mile with, as the sign said, over a hundred steps. Lori stopped counting at 150. These photos are from that hike.

Flat Rock from the beach.
Flat Rock from the trail.
There were strategically placed benches along the trail. I took this while resting on one of those benches on our way back up the trail.
This little fellow was on the wall in the visitor center. In California they’re called mountain lions. In Washington they’re called cougars. Included here because Lori saw one of these beautiful beasts stroll through our backyard a couple weeks ago and we weren’t quick enough to get pictures then.

To learn more about the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve visit parks.ca.gov, then select Find Parks and scroll down to Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve.

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