Getting lost in La Jolla
Before driving up the coast we went in search of a vitamin shop in another shopping area of La Jolla. Sometimes getting lost is fun because you never know what you'll find. In this case we found ourselves driving up Mount Soledad, which I'd hoped to visit anyway.
Soledad, a Spanish word for solitude or loneliness, is pronounced in three syllables. So-le-dad.
At the top of this 823 foot hill (by comparison, our Mt. Doug is about 700 feet) situated mostly in La Jolla, is the Soledad Mountain Veterans War Memorial, erected in 1954 originally to honour Korean veterans. There is a 43 foot cross. The six walls below it hold 1400 plaques. Apparently on clear days you can see Mexico from here.
Warm and dry. Note the cactus in the foreground. A friend had told us not to expect the tropics in San Diego.
A view up the coast where we'll be going. Theodor Seuss Geisel "Dr. Seuss" lived on this hill and probably had such views. His widow still lives there.
The traffic is not bad at all.
A group of bikers arrived, then disappeared over the edge of the hill.
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