Labor Day in Oceanside

Bubby and I rose early this morning (imagine that) and took a walk down the beach toward the Oceanside Pier. The tide was out, so our walk along the beach was on packed sand and cobbles. We were looking for shells, but didn't see much. Bubby says she knows a much better place nearer to San Diego. Unfortunately, that one isn't within walking distance.

When we got near the pier, there was quite a bit of activity and it turns out that this morning is the annual "swim around the pier" event. We wandered around the registration area, and discovered that event didn't start until 8:30 AM. We had an hour to burn, so we decided to walk out to the end of the pier and watch from there. There were fishermen all the way along the pier. We got to do some people watching, a favorite pass time.

When we got to the end of the pier, we decided to have some breakfast at Ruby's Diner. We secured a nice window seat with an unimpeded view, and took our sweet time with breakfast. It ended up being lots more than either of us wanted to eat, but we milked it long enough to watch the paddle boarders and first flight of swimmers make the turn at the end of the pier.



We just had our little pocket camera, but hopefully you can make out the mass of humanity in the water headed for the end of the pier. It is overcast this AM, and I am sure that the water is in the mid-60s, but it didn't deter these hearty folk.

We are back in our digs now. Bubby is sewing, and I am writing this. We have tickets to the Padres tonight, so we will have to figure out how to ride the Coaster into San Diego and then how to ride the trolley to Petco Park. Should make for some excitement.

Hope all of you are enjoying more holiday activities.

Buboppy