I was in San Diego for a quick business trip and my travel schedule gave me enough time in between my last meeting and my return flight home that I couldn’t bear to head directly to the airport, so I spent a little time following the coastline from the north burbs (La Jolla) back to the airport. It was actually a bit refreshing to have time to see something out of the usual direct path of hotel...meeting...hotel...airport.
I parked the car to stretch my legs at one of the several public beaches that I passed and this one happened to be a ‘dog beach’...I got a big kick out of the dog-friendly water fountain that was installed.
One of the nice things about the San Diego Airport is that a marina is very close which gave me another opportunity to pull out the camera and walk for a while (still wasn’t ready to sit in the airport). I was able to see the downtown skyline from the walkway around the marina.
All in all it was one of the more enjoyable trips that I had made, but it did give me additional fodder for one of my many travel hypotheses that I continue to formulate...The degree of craziness (or creativity, if you will) in a city’s street population is directly proportional to the city’s climate.
On this particular trip, a gentleman was pronouncing to whomever was in earshot, “Keep Abortions Legal! Keep Abortions Legal!” It caught me off guard as this is not a frequently shared stance for street folk, even on the left-coast. I only needed to wait a bit for him to follow up his first tagline...“Keep Abortions Legal...then you will be able to feast on your descendants at Easter!” I suppose that I’ll give him high marks for creativity because I sure didn’t see that one coming!
