Wordless Wednesday: On a Walk in Bird Rock

As I mentioned during K9 Kamp, we do a lot of walking. And we don't usually get bored, because we have lots of different, nice routes we can take. One of our favorite walks is to head down to a little neighborhood known as "Bird Rock." It's called this cuz there's a rock. And birds sit (and do other stuff that rhymes with sit) on it. [Sorry this is wordy - you don't have to read it. You can just look at the pics!]

Rita in front of Bird Rock - with no birds on it at the moment

We like to walk there because: 
(1) It's lovely - even the benches are pretty.

Love these seahorse/shell benches, even if they are a little beat up

They have these mosaic benches in all different colors

(2) There are lots of little shops and restaurants to walk past and several put out water bowls, so I don't have to carry water when we walk there.

(3) There are nice views of the ocean and cooling ocean breezes.

Rita doesn't care too much about the view.

Pacific Beach in the background

(4) There's a pet store we can stop at if we are desperately low on treats.

(5) There's a very, very, very small park - but it's lovely! And big groups of pelicans often fly by which is super cool.

Rita at the tiny park.

I think pelicans are super cool & prehistoric-looking

(6) We walk past the house of the woman that owns/started Honest Kitchen. I always want to say "Hi, think your products are great!" but never do. (She's rarely outside for one thing... And if I did she'd probably think "Who is this weird stalker woman and how does she know who I am??" I promise I didn't stalk her... It's just that I read an article about her/HK, and it had a pic of her/her dogs. It said that she has a beach cottage in Bird Rock, and so when I walked past the house - which is kinda on a main street - and saw the H.K. ad on the side of her car, I recognized her and her dogs.)

(7) At low tide you can go down and check out the tide pools, but we've never done that, since it looks rocky and slippery and I'm not sure Rita would like it. Maybe one of these days we'll try it.

Steps for surfers and folks who wanna check out the tide pools

(8) Sometimes you see (mostly fit) men in various states of undress. This mainly happens when "surf's up." (Okay, I swear this isn't really one of the reasons we like to go - but it's a common sight in San Diego near popular surf spots! Surfers seem to have no compunction about changing out of their wet suits in the middle of the sidewalk. Please hang on to those towels, boys!)

(9) It's a good workout! It's a long walk and we have to finish off with two very steep hills to get home!

Hope you enjoyed a little tour of Bird Rock in San Diego. If you're ever in the 'hood, you should check it out. There are a couple of spots where you can eat with your pup on the patio and it's a lovely walk! 

No Mirth Watch Thursday tomorrow due to the holiday. Happy 4th everyone (who celebrates)!

Happy (oh-so-totally-not-) Wordless Wednesday!