Monthly Archives: April 2009

Grunion Run

I stayed up late tonight in hopes of seeing some fish flop around on the beach.  There wasn’t a lot of action — for a while I worried that I’d fallen victim to the maritime equivalent of a snipe hunt. … Continue reading

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Rail Trail

The hotel I’m staying at faces Highway 101.  This being California, I expected to need to drive everywhere, but there turns out to be an excellent sidewalk running alongside the highway for most of the length of Solana Beach.  The … Continue reading

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Birch Aquarium

I’m in Southern California for work this week. The aquarium at Scripps is doing some kind of Easter-related promotion.  In the entryway there was a table with trays of various underwater eggs, including these hilariously-shaped shark eggs.  (The table has … Continue reading

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