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Julie warms in the sunrise Location: Pete's, just outside Hueco Tanks We were camping in our car at Pete's since we arrived at 4 AM and couldn't get to our campsite. That thing on the horizon is Hueco Tanks. Those rocks are big. - 112 1212 IMG
Pete's humble home Location: Pete's, just outside Hueco Tanks - 112 1213 IMG
Waiting for Pete Location: Pete's, just outside Hueco Tanks to come and get his money - 112 1214 IMG
What you can't tell Location: Pete's, just outside Hueco Tanks is how cold it was! Although it was mid-March in Texas, the desert can get very cold, especially when the sun is down or behind the clouds. - 112 1215 IMG
Waiting to get into the park Location: the gates of Hueco Tanks While the crowds at Hueco aren't huge, they only let 50 people go climbing there each day--thus the lines. Luckily, we had reservations for both camping and climbing. - 112 1217 IMG
Setting up camp Location: our Hueco Tanks campsite - 112 1218 IMG
Warm-up boulder Location: Warm-Up Boulder, Hueco Tanks Our first bit of climbing at warm-up boulder - 112 1219 IMG
A little fox near warm-up boulder Location: Warm-Up Boulder, Hueco Tanks We had a visitor watching us climb. Can't spot him? Look almost exactly in the center of the photo. - PICT0058
Leslie took a good guess at which stop would get her to the top of Pacific Beach, and went on a long, eerie morning walk through the heavy fog. - PICT0063
Under the Crystal Pier. - PICT0065
And again. - PICT0066
The rented bike and the Mission Beach boardwalk. - PICT0067
The bike and the (still pretty foggy) beach. - PICT0068
A scene from the bike ride, at the southern-most point of the beaches. - PICT0071
Where Leslie parked with a novel today. - PICT0074
HOW LESLIE SPENT MONDAY: tooling around Pacific and Mission beaches, plus surrounding neighborhoods, on a rented bike. - PICT0075
A street from Leslie's self-guided neighborhood tour. - PICT0076
Kono's: where Leslie ate lunch. - PICT0077
Again: proving she was really there. - PICT0079
The path above Pacific Beach. - PICT0082
Law Street: another part of the neighborhood tour. - PICT0083
Where Leslie was sitting for half an hour without reading the sign. - PICT0084
The sign. - PICT0085
Some people, the beach. - PICT0086
Some flowers, the beach. - PICT0087
Another shot of the beach-front path. - PICT0001 003
HOW LESLIE AND BRYAN SPENT TUESDAY - PICT0003 004
On Monday afternoon, they met on a bus that took them downtown to their new digs, La Pensione hotel in Little Italy (who know San Diego had one?). - PICT0004 003
After an Italian dinner, a long walk, and an early bedtime Monday night, they got up early Tuesday to explore downtown SD. (pictured: a pretty cool building) - PICT0005 004
Our Lady of the Rosary church in Little Italy, featuring some pretty cool murals/etc.