Tuesday, 8/11 - 46 miles. I think we are at the last hiker/biker state park campsite heading south. Today included riding through Camp Pendleton which is a base for the U.S. Marines. We heard a lot of live fire exercises going on - not sure what was being fired but it was quite loud. Definitely not small arms being fired. Last night's hiker/biker campsite was poorly situated behind and very close to the public restrooms. However, today the site is located at the end of the campground and it is overlooking the ocean. We actually made it in early today so I am relaxing and watching the surfers ride the waves. Tomorrow should be our last day of riding. We will follow the coastline adjacent to San Diego and finish in Imperial Beach which is the last town on the coast before the Mexican border. There are train tracks that have run along much of the Pacific coast. Up north of here they appeared largely abandoned but in southern CA they are in heavy use. Frequent passenger trains operated both by Amtrak and by the state rumble by in both directions. Two things we have noticed in CA state parks. The charge for bike camping varies significantly from park to park without any reason. Also, some parks require you to use quarters to take a shower while other parks require you to buy tokens for the showers. The amount of time the shower runs for each token or quarter also seems to vary. Sometimes you only 2.5 minutes for each quarter or token. Other times you get much longer. Finally, in some parks you can adjust the water temperature while in other parks the temperature is fixed. The impact of Mexican culture is very apparent in CA. Many breakfast places serve you nachos and hot sauce with a traditional breakfast such as an omelet. I included a picture of a delicatessen called a mexicatessen which is a very clever play on words.
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