Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Secret San Diego: Mushroom Caves

There's this magical, unworldly place in Encinitas, CA (San Diego county) known as the mushroom caves.  It's narrow passageways and graffiti walls give way to great photographic opportunity, so Court and I decided to spend the morning of Thanksgiving here.

Take the 5 North from downtown SD, get off at an exit for Manchester Ave (I believe its 29 or 39, it has a 9 in it) and take a left at the light.  We parked in the MiraCosta College lot and crossed over Manchester Ave to get to a gate for San Elijo Lagoon.  When you get past that you'll walk until you pass under the freeway and keep walking along the path (stay right) until come up to a yellow "No Trespassing" sign nailed to a tree branch, then you'll know you're there.



There are holes dug into the wall that allow anyone with good footwear to scale some walls and land in a pocket cave.



Some parts get a little too narrow for the body.

A quiet hang out spot


Courtney was feeling very young, wild, and braless this particular day.



Some parts require a bit of a climb to get to the top of the caves to see out across the water.




Courtney couldn't get enough of flashing the world, not an uncommon sight.



It was a very unique way to spend the holiday and get the hunger pumping for our dinner, which was fairly sad to say the least, but we did make a ham!

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