Morning walks with Seiko

Today's Seiko walk is generously sponsored by Brian, who loaned me his Bullhead Chronograph (he thinks I am going to give it back...) It's called a Bullhead because its orientation is unusual -- the pushers for the stopwatch function look a bit like horns. Our early morning destination is Torrey Pines State Reserve Extension Area (a tediously-long title). It was still dark when we got there so we didn't see a sign saying it doesn't open til 7am. We had enough moonlight to easily follow the trails which were rigorously marked on each side by posts and steel cables. Highly structured! Signs every 10-20 feet saying "stay out". Perhaps with good reason at some points. Here is the view to the west, and the peaceful Pacific. We could hear the surf all the way up on the mesa. View to the east as the sun is about to rise, pouring its magic into the San Diego skies. I try the Auto setting on my Sony RX10 Then the "Sunset" setting which enhances the red/orange...

I was in the kitchen making a cup of tea, mentally composing the opening lines to today's post, as the sky was glowing behind the Torrey Pine across our canyon. "It might be a beautiful day, but I think I may have to walk it alone; can I really ask her to get up at 6am on New Year's Day?" when I heard a shout "I'm up and dressed, let's go!" We went. Things were looking good for taking  the last Seiko in the house  on a morning walk. I tried to save one of the best for last -- my platinum Credor Skeleton. The moon was no longer full, but it was still huge in the western sky when we hit the sidewalk at Harbor Island. We tried to walk here once before but it was mobbed. But on New Year's Dawn? Not so much... We walked westward along the harbor, glancing over our shoulders to catch the sunrise. Across the water at North Island Naval Air Station, a large X was flashing at the end of the runway. We will have to ask Uncle Brownie the Pilot what that X m...