Leucadia Blog: Winter in Encinitas

Monday, December 21, 2009

Winter in Encinitas

Big eucalyptus trees on the coast highway are mostly associated with Leucadia but downtown Encinitas has some ones as well. This fountain area in the Lumberyard is a nice place to sip a hot chocolate while Christmas shopping.

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DriftingSonDecember 21, 2009 11:38 PM
Ha! I used to live in the Red Roof Apartments, barely visible across the highway in the pic, back in the early 90's. I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for Encinitas/Leucadia, and your blog has been one my happiest additions to my RSS feed recently. I learned to surf at D-Street, and am currently catching swells on the Big Island of Hawaii. Keep up the good work, aloha from Volcano, and Happy Solstice!
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About Leucadia

Leucadia is a funky little beach community located in North San Diego county in southern California. Leucadia is the north section of the city of Encinitas.

English spiritualists settled the small coastal community of Leucadia in 1870, and are reputed to have danced, in diaphanous white robes in the little Roadside Park (Leucadia Blvd and Hwy 101).

The spiritualists are the reason so many of the streets are named after Greek gods and goddesses. Leucadia is Greek for "a sheltered place." Heritage Eucalyptus trees, planted in the 1880s, still grace the highway. When President Roosevelt passed through Leucadia in an open car during the Depression, local children climbed the Eucalyptus trees to wave to him.

Change happens slowly in this nostalgic little California beach town. In lieu of fast food restaurants and franchise chain stores, Leucadia has two miles of Mom 'n Pop businesses, and that's the way everyone likes it. The town war cry is "Keep Leucadia Funky."

Leucadia played an active role in the rebirth of the classic Highway 101 shield, restored in 1997, and was part of the successful 101 Campaign to have Highway 101 declared an historic route.

Leucadia is experiencing growing pains and culture clash in these first decades of the 21st century...

*note - the Leucadia Blog is mostly inactive at this time