Santa Cruz

Location Description

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Dad is also looking hungry.
Some fresh fruit over acai. Note the flag.
Fortified from breakfast we head for Natural Bridges,...
Still at Natural Bridges with the Pacific in the background
Driving towards Pt Lobos we come across a gigantic fruit...
Wish I had a begonia store like this near me.
I believe that is the name of the whole place.
These were not the 10 for $1 bunch. But we did buy some...
Posing in front of those great begonias.
We arrive a Pt Lobos where the sea lions are enjoying...
Fascinated by this rock formation.An
And a creature peering out from behind the rocks.
This sea lion has a Room of His Own.
Looks bigger as you get closer.
This is not a prop. Strange little ground squirrel...
Strange look in his eye.
Couple cormorants ... wish those were sea otters in the...
The AZ tourists enjoying the fog and the ocean air.
The CA natives doing the same.
Love the new lens. This squirrel is not four feet tall.
But definitely cute.A
A different fellow. I think they all work for potato chips.
Walking along the South Trail in Pt Lobos State Park.
Put this in here to identify it. Anyone know?
Some serious wave action over the years.
According to John, these circles are made by stones...
Close up of a cormorant. That is the Pacific behind...
Peter looking off to sea. Seems we've seen this before.
And what are they looking at?
Have pulled in another observer.
It's wierd water action. The wave crests over the rock...
Bubble bubble, toil and trouble. We watched for about...
Dad and Monica use the railroad tracks as a convenient...
Maybe that was the sky tram thing?
Monica at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk with her...
Deep fried cheesecake!
One of these desserts is called "The Experience". Is...
Deep fried doughnuts the size of Monica's head! Look!...
We took dad to a sunglass merchant and got him some new...
I can't believe so many people are at the beach,...
Walking out on the wharf.
Ambling along.
California Sea Lions.
This was so awesomely gross I just had to photograph it....
Free food!
Yummy!
Delicious!
Apparently Santa Cruz used to have enormous indoor...
I really wish swimsuits like this were still in vogue....
Walking back across the bridge to get lunch with Mom.
It's like a real-life version of don't step on (in?) the cracks!
Walking across the bridge.
Monica hanging out in the BMW during Mom's tour of UC...
Santa Cruz had a surprising number of beautifully...
The windy back seat.
John riding in the convertible.
U.C. Santa Cruz. Like a university for Ewoks!
With a decent view of the ocean, but in the middle of nowhere.
Unusual rock sculpture on one of the side streets in Santa Cruz.
.. and another forming the end of a stone fence. Assume...
Later, we went to Santa Cruz and walked the boardwalk. ...
And now, after.