Exploring Tierrasanta

Today, Dad went to work in the morning, so I went off for a little walk on my own. I walked to one of the little strip malls close by (~20 minutes), but it turned out that I was up way to early, and there were few open stores (silly jet lag...). I looked around for a bit, looked at the library (also closed... haha!) and walked back to the house. This time, I walked through the canyon!


It's only a little bit more than a mile of little paths that lead through the canyon. The vegetation is amazing! There were these cactus plants, taller than me, and a lot of palm trees that were at least 15 feet tall. I also saw some rabbits and a lizard of some sort. I did not see the rattle snakes (it is advised to take a walking stick into the canyon so that you can defend yourself against rattle snakes... I didn't have a stick, so maybe it's a good thing that I didn't see any snakes!). There was also a little stream flowing through the canyon, but there wasn't much water left. It looked like it was going to dry up completely soon, when it gets warmer.