Mon 12 Jan 2009
Yesterday in the Southland it was a skin-burning 80+ degrees in the sun, so Mr. W wanted to visit a beach. We decided to explore a new one for us, San Clemente Beach. This is San Clemente Beach Pier.
This is the clock tower to the right of the pier, where the Amtrak train makes its scenic tour.
Of course when I took these cameraphone photos, I had to immediately send the first one to people in colder weather to make them jealous. Flat Coke texted back that her area’s upcoming weather prediction is 7 degrees with a chance of snow. Wow, what’s THAT like? We had lunch at the outdoor patio of a pier restaurant overlooking the sand, seagulls, and surfers, and my right side facing the sun was PAINFULLY heated.
Before we left, we heard the clanging of the railroad bells announcing the Surfliner’s approach.
What a pretty train ride this would be. Mr. W simply loved that this train is named so aptly.
And then we went home and watched TV all night. The end.
i think i should move to Cali, things in MN are not so bright or warm. i am so jealous as my winter lull has become a dark hole inside of me.. pretty pics though, ha ha ha! 🙂
thanks for the pier text.. even though we have similar weather, it’s still fun getting your photos… why don’t you post the one you sent me earlier that day… BAH HA HA HA HA HA
gorgeous photos – and why i luv socal!
k – I told you this a year ago! Move already!
Jordan – SHHH! Uh, I mean, what one I sent earlier? I didn’t send anything earlier.
anny – I can’t imagine living elsewhere. 🙂
My sister and fam just took an Amtrak vacation from West TN to Glenwood Springs, Colorado. I would LOVE to take a train ride across the country.
Your 80 degree days make me very envious. I wish I had temps half that number. The high is 20 tomorrow and a low of 2.
A cross-country train ride sounds great, as long as I don’t get carsick! But I heard it’s expensive. I wonder if it’d be more expensive than driving, altho the ability to sleep whenever and drink whenever is pretty great.
There’s an 18-degree difference between the high and low? I guess it doesn’t make much of a difference because anything under 40 would all be the same to me. Hypothermia.
I think with the economy right now you could travel quite well on a budget. They didn’t upgrade to a cabin so had to sleep in seats about the size of the ones on an airplane. It took them 24 hours straight to get from Chicago to Glenwood Springs, Colorado. They needed showers BAD when they departed the train.
I was just thinking that. Maybe it IS a good time to travel. The tricky part is that we’re so limited now on where we could go cuz all the no-no-countries have increased.