From Gray To Blue

From gray,

Pelicans in Flight, Morning ( 5/14/11)

to blue, 

Pelicans in Flight, Afternoon ( 5/14/11)

this was how our day progressed last Saturday. May and June are the two grayest months in San Diego. These two months are known as 'May gray" and "June gloom". Low lying marine clouds would usually appear late in the afternoon as it cools down and thickens through the night. By early morning the low lying clouds become thick fog which usually clears slowly. The thick fogs usually persists until late morning, or early afternoon, or may last all day. Thankfully, last Saturday the thick fogs in the morning gave way to blue skies mid-afternoon. Let me take you to our 15 mile hike last Saturday that started with gray and ended with blue.

Fogs on Cliffs 

 It was a very beautiful walk. Because the morning was windy, temperature was in the chilly 50s (10s Celsius), we had miles of coastline all to ourselves.

Looks Like A Deserted Island? The Civilization is Hidden By These Sharp Cliffs

Okay, I am wrong, there were several beachcombers, you can see them in the pictures below.

Egrets Enjoying the Beach All To Themselves

Sandpipers Simply Enjoying The Beach( the small ones are still juvenile sandpipers)

Egret Up Close

 Between our walk from Carmel Valley to La Jolla shores, we had to cross this tidepool below.

Tidepool Close to La Jolla shores

The slippery rocks at the tidepool slowed us down, but it was a good slowing down since I was able to enjoy the tidepool wildlife such as crabs, shells, anemone, and small fishes. 

Seaweeds and Shells on Top of Another Shell, @ the tidepool

After the tidepool area, the sharp cliffs slowly disappears to give way to civilization

Scripps Pier ( sign of civilization )

 and a tad crowded beach at La Jolla Shores. 

@ La Jolla Shores ( does this look like a scene from Baywatch?)

When we turned around to go back North to Carmel Valley Road, the world was already starting to turn blue,

La Jolla Shores, with Gray Sky Slowly Disappearing

(what you see in the background of the above picture is the La Jolla Caves, and on top of those cliffs are the pelicans and cormorants, you can revisit my pelicans post here). 

 and bluer.

Me, @ Torrey Pines Gliderport

When we reached the top of the cliffs at Torrey Pines Gliderport, it was a beautiful world of blue.

Paraglider and Torrey Pines Cliffs

Though I must say that the place above is as beautiful when it is gray as when it is blue. For more details about this hike, you can check my Torrey Pines to La Jolla shores post at The Salitype Society.  

Today is another from gray

Hummingbird and Cacti Bloom ( taken today, 5/21/11)

 to blue day just like last Saturday, but more of that later.

Hope everyone is having a happy weekend!!

♥♥