The weather prognosticators were correct. As we headed out to a local seafood joint last night we drove in heavy rain. Our country handles that well. Here, where they get an average of 10 inches of precip a year, they do not so well. Huge puddles blocked our path and traffic was miserable. During the night we were awakened twice by garbage cans being blown down the parking lot in front of our room. And if you have ever been in the woods during a wind storm, you know the sound that can be generated. Well, palm trees are the worst. Their noise puts all other trees to shame yet somehow, even though they appear to be wind vulnerable, they shed their dead palm fronds and survive the onslaught. As I walked Loki at about 10 p.m. last night, we had to duck and weave to avoid the large branches that fell in abundance. We awoke to the area littered with debris this a.m.
We headed north today through some of the richest real estate on the west coast (didn't know that until we got home and did some research to find that La Jolla is one of the richest zip codes in the US). Our goals were to see the area around Mission Bay, the Pacific coast north of here, and Torrey Pines, the famous golf course. Torrey Pines was beautiful spreading out on the plateau overlooking the Pacific. The course is a public course and even though it has been the site of many famous golf tournaments, the cars parked at the course's parking lot stood in stark contrast to the cars we saw in towns we traveled through on our drive there. What surprised us was the wealth that we observed on the way to the course. What we saw outdid our experience in the NY Hamptons in 2007. LaJolla was one of those towns. The homes were ostentatious, we met several Lamborghinis and one Rolls. LaJolla and the other villages that we passed through were dominated by art gallerys,, Gucci type stores and huge mansions, carved into the hills, with panoramic views of the Pacific. We tried to concentrate on the natural, the impressive cliffs, the seashore, and the wildlife on the beach. However, the $130,000 cars and the cliffside mansions kept drawing our interest. How can this state be in trouble with the the wealth that we observed in our 30 mile drive today?
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Our lunch at a park on Mission Bay
Torrey Pines |
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| Oceanside homes with rainstorms on the way. |
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