Day Off - Encinitas, California

We were up until 6 AM so we basically slept the entire day away at Chris’ Aunt’s Boyfriend’s place in Encinitas. Many thanks to Andy for putting us up, and putting up with us. Although we didn’t crawl out of our sleeping bags until 3 PM, we were still wiped out and could only muster up enough energy to get into town and eat more Mexican food. At this point we have eaten only Mexican food since El Paso, and really I see no need to eat anything else.

The remainder of the day was spent watching the sunset, walking around town, and eventually driving north to find a campground (note: you will not find a last minute campground in Southern California on a Saturday night.) We did however find a hotel room in Laguna Beach, the most ridiculously stereotypical So Cal town in So Cal, where the rich, the richer and their kids all squander away dough on overpriced drinks and food at Shi Shi restaurants and bars. We took it easy at the motel, which appeared to be built in the 50’s and hadn’t changed a bit since then. It was the perfect place to hide from the people of Laguna Beach and to catch up on some much needed rest.