{"id":643,"date":"2009-09-24T01:38:28","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T06:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/?p=643"},"modified":"2012-06-24T17:00:47","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T22:00:47","slug":"san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/san-diego\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I picked up my bike from the San Diego REI store where it underwent a tune-up while I was on the mountain. They re-built the back wheel (all new spokes and nipples), put on a new tire, re-adjusted the shifter cables and flushed the back disc brake. So the bike is in pretty good shape for Mexico now.<\/p>\n<p>I needed to transport the bike with my small (compact class) rental car to the rental place; I wedged it in the trunk with the backseats flipped down and the front tire and pedals of the recumbent were sticking out the back, but it did fit after all. I imagine other drivers on the freeway wondering what kind of bike part was sticking out the back of this little car \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/SD_BikeInRentalCar.jpg\" alt=\"Recumbent sticking out of the back of small rental car\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then I rode a short 30 miles from the rental car place at the Carlsbad \/ Palomar airport South along the Coast. Beautiful scenery and beaches again.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/SD_NearEncinitas.jpg\" alt=\"Riding South between Carlsbad and Encinitas\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is only one noteworthy hill (100m) up to Torrey Pines. I remember this place from previous trips many years (actually decades) ago; there is the Glider Port with lots of hanggliding going on above the cliffs (not today, though, no wind). There is the UCSD university campus and the Scripps Institute&#8217;s headquarter. It would be nice to live and work and play here&#8230; (I remember 20 years ago after my round-the-world-trip saying that the two nicest cities I knew were San Diego and Sydney &#8211; no wonder I like it here&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/SD_ViewInlandAtTorreyPines.jpg\" alt=\"View to the East (inland) from Torrey Pines\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From up there, on my last evening in the US, I witnessed one of the nicest sunsets on this trip.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/SD_Sunset.jpg\" alt=\"Sunset at Torrey Pines\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am now in San Diego staying at another rider&#8217;s house who I met up in Northern California &#8211; he was also doing the Pacific Coast ride and invited me to stay at his place. It is a small beach house right on the Boardwalk and beach. (My last stay at friends in Fallbrook was 20 <em>miles<\/em> off the Coastal bike path; this one is only 20 <em>feet<\/em> off the path \ud83d\ude42 Here is the view out the front porch with my bike.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/SD_BikeOnBoardwalk.jpg\" alt=\"Bike at San Diego beach after dusk\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is only 25 miles from the border; tomorrow I will enter into Mexico for the next stage of this adventure. Wish me luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I picked up my bike from the San Diego REI store where it underwent a tune-up while I was on the mountain. They re-built the back wheel (all new spokes and nipples), put on a new tire, re-adjusted the shifter cables and flushed the back disc brake. 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