Torrey Pines Cliffs and Mist
It's pretty windy today (1/28/12) for a hike in the mountains and valleys. The sound of the howling wind brought us to take a more relaxing walk/hike along the coastal bluffs instead, from Torrey Pines to Del Mar.
Del Mar Beach
The Santa Ana wind brought some warmth again to us this winter, the warmth is very welcome, but not so much the very strong wind. Nevertheless, we chose a path where we would be hidden from the Easterly winds, that is a walk from Torrey Pines to Del Mar, thus, most of the time in our walk, we hardly felt the strong wind.
Dolphin Riding the Wave (1/28/12)
The tide was high when we were out on top of the bluffs, and it is during high tide that we usually see dolphins. It is not very unusual for us to see dolphins from on top of the bluffs,
Dolphin sightings from on top of the bluffs from one of our walks before
However, today, what was different was that we saw dolphins jumping very high with the wave as if competing with the wave, but of course, when we saw dolphins jumping, we did not have our camera out yet, and when we took our camera out, dolphins were no longer jumping, but nevertheless, they were still playful. This time, they were not swimming South to North or vice versa, the dolphins were riding the waves back and forth and it was so joyful watching them surfing with the waves.
Here are some more pictures we took today. :) Okay, I stand corrected, my pictures were the first three pictures above in this post, and the rest of these pictures were taken by my hubby who is more patient in holding his camera to wait for the surfing dolphins.
Surfing Dolphins (1/28/12)
Smiling dolphin While Surfing (1/28/12)
Flipping Dolphin (1/28/12)
dolphins were now swimming back out like the surfer to catch more waves (1/28/12)
And back riding waves again :) (1/28/12)
I love dolphins, each time I see them whether I am walking along the bluffs or swimming I always get a high of happiness. Dolphins are very happy, friendly and intelligent creatures. I hope they bring happiness your way too. Happy weekend, everyone. Hope you have a great weekend enjoying the priceless gifts of nature around you.












