June 15, day 43 San Elijo State Beach to border

June 15, day 43 San Elijo State Beach to border
Starting odo 8077

Woke up on a bad mood. Somehow the cumulative impressions had
solidified overnight into a thought: in southern California you are
not a "real" person unless you have a car... Or perhaps an expensive
RV.
So, welcome to the world of the homeless! An overstatement, of course,
but this is the vibe from many people here.
I hate to say negative things about southern California because we
keep meeting really nice and wonderful people here - but we also
encounter those little negative vibes... Like riding on a very lightly
trafficked four lane highway where there are no shoulders and the cars
not only don't move to the other lane (which is empty as far as the
eye can see), they don't change their position in the right lane,
pretending we are not here.
This is an example of the homeless principle, which is to pretend you
don't see them and they'll go away.  I fantasize about flipping my
water bottle into the middle of the lane as they go past so that it
hits the windshield, or better, a nice sized rock.
An example of another subtle hint: the hiker biker spots in the
campsite must be vacated by 9am, but if you are a car tenter or RVer I
believe it's about noon.
Another campground we were considering allows RV camping, but you must
get advance permission to tent camp.  We found this out as a resident
of Coronado was trying to help us find a campsite for the night. He
says, oh yeah, the boy scouts camp at this park, so I know you can
tent camp there. He calls the park service and finds out that RVers
can just go there, but tenters must get advance permission.

as far as I could go on the offical route, there are only a couple of hundred yards beyond this point

so, you know, its Mexico across that fence

We get going, winding our way through San Diego, and stop for lunch at a fish place that was recommended, then to the nearby public library, where I make some posts, and keep falling asleep in the comfy chairs.

About 4pm, I'm getting antsy, because I want to finish today, luckily conditions are good, roads are flat, and the wind is not bad.  I start pushing a bit, and by about 7:30 we make it to the end of the route.  I take a couple of pics, and we head back towards San Diego.

After about 5 miles, we are going by a suitable looking motel so we check its rates - $79, too high.  Shyam locates a motel 6 about 6km from us, and we head for it as nightfall hits us.  The 6km feels like 6 miles to me.