I’ve written before about the unique pleasures of San Diego’s winter low tides, but last Friday I discovered another facet to them : biking on the wide, hard-packed sand. My friend Howard Zatkin has organized an informal low-tide beach ride for years, but this was the first time I came to my senses and joined him. Every year, his group gathers at the end of the road that cuts off from La Jolla Farms Road and leads down to Black’s Beach. We traveled from there up to Del Mar and then back the way we came. It was a workout (at least that last leg up the hill) of the very best kind: physically demanding in the midst of striking beauty.
Photos capture it best, and happily my friend Howard Rosen not only joined us but brought his camera. Here are a few of the images he captured: 
All photos by Howard Rosen
