Tijuana Estuary and Border State Park

The Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve is a free state park, which is an estuary, or marshland. It's a good place to go birdwatching. I went on a 3rd Saturday so that I could go on the guided nature walk (1st and 3rd Saturdays at 11am), which was great. They also have birdwatching walks, on 2nd and 4th Sundays. They loan out free binoculars, which is pretty nice, and the visitor's center is pretty cool too. There's some hiking, but it's really not that nice, in my opinion. The Border State Park is fine; it's probably nicer for horseback riding, because apparently it's the only place that you can ride horses along the beach. It's also fun to see the Mexican border. Overall, I wasn't very impressed with either park. They were fine, and they were free, but it was just kind of boring. The visitor's center was the best part.