Torrey Pines

according to the Wiki, can refer either to the

the rarest pine in the US

or to the

State Reserve , which is what we visited in the morning before leaving for the airport!

It was such an incredibly (I use the word deliberately; we couldn’t believe how it was!) beautiful place…. just see the (quite literally!) aquamarine tints of the Pacific!

We drove down to the area: Here we are, looking at the signboard at the beginning of one of the trails: The lovely blues of the sea, and the greens and browns of the land, result in a beautiful panorama: From this point one can see downtown San Diego: The hillside was covered with dry brush (which often gives rise to forest fires; this year, there's been a lot of rain, luckily!) The Torrey pines create their own carpet of needles, which look like a shadow: The shapes of the cliffs are so lovely, formed through erosion: here's a closer-up look: The bluffs are in funny shapes...

As we returned home, through the car window I got this quick shot of the train going through the tunnel…what a scenic route this must be on the railway!

The wildflowers of Torrey Pines deserve a post all to themselves….but I don’t know the name of a single one!