My group hike was canceled so I took the ferry to Coronado to see the Hotel del Coronado and walk down the Silver Strand.

Unfortunately, I hadn’t checked the Coronado weather and it started raining not long after I passed the Hotel Del Coronado.

So, I turned around and headed back to the ferry landing. But, it cleared up some, so I walked to North Island, the Naval Base on Coronado.

By this time, it had cleared up enough (and I had dried off enough) that I decided to go for it and headed down the beach to the Silver Strand and Chula Vista.

The National City pier caught my eye and I settled on a new end point for my walk. I ended up near the Tijuana River Estuary where I called it a day and headed for home.

Fresh clam dinner – just not for me. A close look at the first two pictures reveals a clam the gull is dropping on the beach. After several drops the clam popped open and the gull had dinner.