Old Town & Mission Beach

I’m not sure there is any better foot therapy than a walk in the sea.

I spent yesterday evening strolling the surf at Mission Beach. I gathered shells, watched pelicans dive for supper, and immersed my feet in the salty waves.

Sounds like there’s a beach clean-up scheduled for Mission Beach this evening. All participants get a free ticket to the San Diego Fair! Oh well… I won’t be in town during the Fair, and I already had other plans for this evening. Tonight is the conference dinner with a theme of “American Road Trip”. Free food and live entertainment. Should be fun.

Because of tonight’s plans, I decided if I were going to get to another beach before heading back to Alaska, it would have to be last night. So I took two trolleys to get to Old Town. There I did a little sightseeing. Then I boarded a bus to Mission Beach. A couple hours later, I did that trip in reverse.

Old Town is a historic site. Back in the early 1800’s, Spanish (Mexican) populations settled there. San Diego was the first capital of the state of California. Later this was moved to Sacramento, but the history of this area is very rich.

There are lots of old-fashioned shops in Old Town. One in particular caught my eye. I loved the Cousin’s Candy Shop which specializes in old-fashioned confections. I selected a sack full of “penny candy” which I taste-tested as I strolled around the other sites in Old Town.

Someday, when I’m independently wealthy, I plan to open a real “penny candy” store and candy wrapper museum. It’ll be a money-losing venture because I’ll pay far more for the candy then I’m selling it for, but the atmosphere will be nostalgic.