Tourist in My Own Town -- Part II

Today is the day for some exercise! (As if hiking up and down SF hills on Friday for 10 hours wasn't a decent calorie-burner.) We decide to head to Half Moon Bay for a lovely walk along the coast:

-- First things first... off to Target to buy a new knapsack (where in the world is my old knapsack?? I think it's been lost in the shuffle from SoCal to NYC and back to NoCal) and provisions (ie. snacks) for the trip.

-- We head up the 101 and exit at the Half Moon Bay exit, admiring the beautiful scenery as we wind our way towards the beach and find a parking spot. We're lucky that it's another absolutely gorgeous day and the marine layer has almost lifted already.

-- We set out on the path and complete a full 5 mile loop, chatting about everything and nothing and taking photos of anything interesting that appears. We pass many other walkers, runners, bikers and a TON of people on horseback. I love how freindly everyone is when out walking on a sunny, Saturday morning.

-- As we approach the turnaround point, we catch a whiff of something absolutely putrid just as a girl comes running up from the beach, doubled over and wretching as she goes. After a few more steps, we deduce that there must be a dead animal on the beach and we don't bother going any further (or else we'd BOTH be wretching, too!)

-- On the drive in, we had spotted a promising looking Mexican restaurant on Highway 1, so after trekking back to the car, we took our now famished selves to "Tres Amigos" and pigged out on enchiladas, tortilla chips and salsa. Yum!! It was still packed at 2:00 in the afternoon, so it must be a local fave.

-- We drive back down south and hit "Sugar, Butter, Flour" in Sunnyvale for a long overdue cupckake! (See, I told you that every day on our travels had to be punctuated with something sweet at some point!)

-- As we completed our treats, we looked at each other, thinking the same thing... time for a nap! So, off we went back home where we grabbed a few z's and then roused ourselves for giant salads at The Prolific Oven for dinner. (Our trade-off for the cupcakes earlier in the afternoon!)