Ocean Beach
6 May
On this post I would like to talk about one of my favorite places in San Diego, Ocean Beach I love the feel of this place; it has a very hippy, stress free vibe. First off let me describe the town. The town has a very surfer, beachy, laid back atmosphere. There is one street (Voltaire) that is full of little shops and restaurants, plus it has little coffee and smoothie stands located on it. By the way, the smoothies there are the best. Alan and I tried smoothies from two different places and both were amazing! I think their trick is that don’t use any ice cream or anything like that, they are strictly made from fruit, ice, and juice. Yum! The town is full of beach houses where it was quite common to see people out in there front yards barbequing and having a great time.
The beach itself is beautiful. It is separated into two separate beaches by a sand dune. On one side is the dog beach. This is a great place for dogs and their owners to enjoy a fun relaxing day together. As a side note let me just say that San Diego is one of the best places to have a dog. Almost every single restaurant and shop was dog friendly. In many of the cafes there were canisters of dog treats and bowls of water set out for four legged customers. Next time we visit San Diego, maybe one of us will bring a dog…
Ok so back to talking about the beach. The strictly human side of the beach is long, on one end there is the dune and on the other end a beautiful wooden pier. Ocean Beach is mostly just sand, not the place to go if you are looking to collect some seashells. While Alan and I drove around for a half of an hour looking for a parking spot, the beach did not appear to be incredibly crowded. Along the beach there various types of people, some families and many young adults as well as seagulls. The seagulls on the beach offer their own form of entertainment, they are quite vicious and if anyone left out food, those birds swooped down and grabbed it before anyone could blink an eye. This was amusing to watch. Also on the beach was a group of people learning how to surf. Apparently, the waves at Ocean beach offer a great opportunity to learn this sport. Alan and I spent our time pursuing more relaxing endeavors, mostly tanning, and playing Egyptian Rat Screw with a few dips in the ocean, which was freezing!
As the sun began to slowly set and the wind became a little chilly we decided it would be a fun idea to check out the pier on the other end of beach. So we began our trek. Once at the pier we had an awesome view of the Ocean and the entire beach. The pier extends several feet out into the sea and is used to fish. On the pier there is a small café/ restaurant. It looked delicious. However, having been at the beach and not having our wallets on us, between the two of us we could only scramble up enough money to get two cups of coffee. Still it was a great way to the end the day, coffee, sunset, beach, amazing!.
Just final words of warning, when you go to Ocean Beach make sure you note the name of street where you park your car. At night all the streets look the same and as Alan and I can tell you from experience it is no fun to walk around, penniless and without a phone or ID, for over an hour looking for your car, praying you didn’t get towed.
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