Mile Rock Beach

Mile Rock Beach is a secret little stretch of sand and boulders at the midpoint of the Land's End trail. It used to be secret, anyway. Back when you were 1 or 2 months old, Rai, I used to take you down there for a morning walk and we'd be the only ones there, every time.
You don't have the patience to be carried and are not the best hiker around, so we haven't made it to Mile Rock Beach for a long, long time. Today was such a beautiful day, though, that I insisted we go. I carried you the entire way, talking your ear off to keep you distracted. The moment you lost interest, I knew, you'd start wriggling around and ask to be put "down, down, down!" If that had happened, we would never have made it to the beach.
We did make it and found that, apparently, our little 'secret' spot is a secret no more. There were a few dozen people down on the beach. No worries -- the beach still has the feeling of a place very far removed from the city. Sure, there are lots of spots that have this feel in the city, but this one is somehow different. It could be the giant cliffs around the beach or the immense boulders strewn all about and caught in the shallows as the waves crash against them. Whatever gives this place is secluded feel worked for us today. Three hours flew by and we had accomplished nothing but laying in the sand and moving some rocks around. Looking across the blue waters to Baker Beach in the distance, even from so far away, we could see that it was packed. Mile Rock Beach didn't feel so crowded anymore.