San Diego - Torrey Pines Gliderport
Want to visit an international airport without any planes? Then I've got the place for you. Torrey Pines Gliderport is a historic "flight park" for paragliding, hang gliding and sail gliding. In use since 1928, the gliderpark sits on the bluffs off of La Jolla right next to the Salk Institute.
On the clear windless day we visited, there was no sailing to be had. But you can still hike from here down to clothes-optional Black's Beach (we didn't) or walk on the bluff (Steven and Samuel are perched here on a lookout post) or have lunch on the bluff.
We also discovered you can go to falconry school to learn the world'd oldest sport. We watched from a distance as a falconer worked with a red tailed hawk, sending her out and calling her back. We sign up for a session on Friday.
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