Roland Allen

(Notice the hundreds and hundreds of sea gulls at the far side of the rocks at the surfline.)

Trestles really is Southern California surf culture.

While it's claimed by Orange County, the train trestles and surf spot are really in San Diego County.

I went to T Street, my usual beach in San Clemente, and took a long hike south towards San Onofre. There were tons of surfers out this morning.

I was out about three hours. It was a great time. I had never been to Trestles, even though I had heard of it as a great surf spot. It's a beautiful spot.

The beach is rocky and the water clears up from the usual Orange County muddy surf. And there are hundreds and hundreds of sea gulls and other birds.

I was surprised to see a number of lobster tail shells washed up on the beach.

The lagoon at the train overpass is really cool and filled with birds.

Besides the nice beach and great scenery, I was surprised by blooming wildflowers! There were yellow, purple and red wildflowers.

I wrote earlier that heavy winter rains, which we had, usually bring on wildflowers in the spring.

Today is the first full day of winter, but wildflowers are blooming in Southern California and I like that.





Something else happend today that was very cool.

I called my friends Bob and Tammy after I left the beach. Bob asked if I had been to the beach because he saw my car down there. I had talked so much about T Street that he and Tammy came down this morning to check it out. That's very cool.