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TOURISM
5 WAYS TO EXPERIENCE NORTH COUNTY OFF THE BEATEN PATH
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GO EXPLORING IN AN
UNDERWATER GRAVEYARD
For the curious scuba divers, the ocean floor
off the coast of San Diego contains secrets to
the area's past. About 100 yards straight out
from the La Jolla Cove Bridge Club, and about
35 feet deep, scuba divers will find an entire
group of underwater tombstones, with names
and dates still visible. There are no actual bodies
there though, lest that scare you away. Instead, a
group of divers in the 1940s that frequented the
area used the ocean floor to mark when one of
the members of their group had died. When a
diver died, the other members of the group
would create a tombstone and go plant it on the
ocean floor. Today, local free-divers dive down
about once a month to go clean off the marine
growth that, left to its own devices, would ob-
scure and erode the names and dates listed on
the stones.
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EXPLORE AN UNDERWATER
GRAVEYARD
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Scuba dive to an underwater
graveyard on the ocean floor.
SEARCH FOR HIDDEN TREASURE
>> Search for hidden treasure
known as a geocache in San Dieguito
River Park.
RIDE IN A HOT AIR BALLOON
>> Ride over Del Mar in a hot air
balloon with your friends and family.
SLEEP WITH THE WILD ANIMALS
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Camp out with the wild animals at
San Diego Zoo's Safari Park, complete
with a special nighttime tour.
WANDER OFF THE BEATEN PATH
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Hike to Potato Chip rock for the
experience – and photo – of a lifetime.
>> Wander through Slot Canyon, a
narrow slit between 100-foot-high cliffs.
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