UCSD Stuart Collection

UCSD would have been my first choice if I had gone away for college, and I had never even seen the campus. After visiting today, I've affirmed that I made the right (albeit irrelevant) decision.
The Stuart Collection is a series of public art pieces scattered throughout the campus. There is a website that has videos of each piece, but I didn't know that when I went. I only had a map and a list of the pieces, so as I walked around I just had to guess what the pieces were. By pure luck, I found them all!

Red Shoe

Not part of the Stuart Collection, but cool anyway. It was part of this really fun garden path. 

La Jolla Vista View

Standing

Untitled; I really didn't know that this was the art piece, but it was in the right spot so I took a photo just in case, since I couldn't figure out what else it might be. Good thing, because that's exactly what it was!

Virtues and Vices

Falling Star

Bear: This one is my favorite!

Falling Star; the website said it's open to the public Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11-2, but I guess it wasn't when I went because of the holidays.

Snake Path

Read/Write/Think/Dream

Trees

Something Pacific

Unda

Green Table

Sun God

Running V Forms

Terrace

La Jolla Project

Julian Hiking and Pie

My friends and I went to Julian with the intent to hike and then have pie.There was this waterfall hike that I really wanted to do, but it was a bit too long for some people, so we decided to do a shorter, easier hike. However, I still wanted to do the waterfall hike (even though I knew there wouldn't be much of a waterfall in November), so I found a couple of guys to go with me, and the three of us did 2 hikes. Then we all had pie! Unfortunately, no one got any photos of the pie, because we ate it too fast.

Lots of people like to jump into the pool, though you're not allowed to. You're allowed to swim, though. No one was swimming today, though, because the water was a bit murky, having been stagnant for awhile. 

Reflection

Trees actually change color in Julian!

There's a waterfall here, too, in the spring

Our group- minus my friend who was taking the photo (she's in other ones further down)

Volcan (not Vulcan) Mountain

Fancy trailhead

At the top!

The hikes we did were called the Cedar Creek Falls trail (the Julian trailhead), which was about 5 miles, and the Five Oaks trail, which was about 3 miles. We then ate pie at the Julian Pie Company, and walked around downtown Julian a bit. There's a fun tea shop, and a candy store, and several different pie places. 

Mt. Woodson Hike

This is probably one of the most photographed hikes in San Diego, because of the famous Potato Chip Rock. I gotta say, it's pretty cool. Apparently there are a few different ways to do this hike, the long way or the short, steep way. My friends and I did the short way because, well, I'm lazy, and the goal was to get to Potato Chip Rock, not to prove our hiking abilities. The long way goes around Lake Poway; the short way is actually a paved access road that starts from highway 67, or something like that. Being from San Francisco, my legs are used to the steepness and it didn't bother me at all, but some other people said they were pretty sore afterwards, from using those different muscles. Go early so it's not too hot (and it's better in the spring or fall rather than the summer, as well), bring plenty of water, and have fun!

There it is!