Hike of the week: Unique wildlife and rock formations take spotlight at San Elijo Lagoon and Annie’s Canyon

Hike of the week: Unique wildlife and rock formations take spotlight at San Elijo Lagoon and Annie’s Canyon

I might be late to the party, but are we talking enough about the jumping fish at the San Elijo Lagoon? I saw the fish — the striped mullet — hopping from the tidal waters during my hike at the lagoon this week. And while I’d seen them before, their leaps on Wednesday evening seemed comically abundant. At one point, I stopped along the Gemma Parks Loop Trail just to watch them fly; I counted at least a dozen jumps within a few minutes. The strip…