Spring Break in Santa Cruz!

A few random pics to start. I never know how Blogger will decided to arrange things.

Charlie in the hammock in the backyard of our vacation rental.

Jellyfish at Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Local pizza place we remembered from when we lived in Santa Cruz: Pizza My Heart.

Driving home through the red rocks.

Okay, starting last Sunday. General Conference.

Farmington Bay after General Conference. Yellow-headed blackbird.

First day in Santa Cruz. The girls and the Boardwalk from West Cliff Drive.

Surfers at Steamer Lane.

Lighthouse Point.

The wharf.

Sea lions!

The main Santa Cruz beach.

Snowy egret.

Charlie didn't care that he wasn't dressed for getting wet.

All she wanted was to find a sand dollar! Success!

Boardwalk rides. Grace, Charlie, and Danny on the water log ride.

Toby and Paul on the kid roller coaster.

Funnel cake.

Alice's growing shell collection.

Grace's kindergarten school.

The rental came with boogie boards and wetsuits our boys' sizes! Black's Beach.

Tuckered out, reading his favorite book from the house: 100 Things to Do in Santa Cruz Before You Die.

Sunburnt and tired the second morning.

Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park.

Banana slug!!

Lunch at the covered bridge park in Fenton.

Wii during break time.

The Mystery Spot: a cabin built at a 17-degree angle.

Capitola Beach, home of the colorful painted houses.

Danny's pouch full of rocks.

Birthday date at the Crow's Nest.

Black's Beach again. It was closest to our house and not crowded.

Running from the waves.

Rest time. Alice is at the table making earrings.

Natural Bridges State Beach.

Tide pooling. Sea anemones and mussels. 

More egrets.

Backyard time.

Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Puffins!

Drive home.

Hmm, back in time, our first breakfast at the rental house.

Cool crab at the aquarium.

Main beach.

Our last night, at Seabright Beach.

The Boardwalk.

Alice and I are in there!

Boardwalk food.

Top-a-lot Yogurt when our other favorite restaurant was shut down.

Danny keeping warm by the fire.

Banana slug.

The Bigfoot Museum was closed.

Felton covered bridge.

Mystery Spot.

Crow's Nest.

Toby fell asleep on Alice.

Sea turtle at the aquarium.

Japanese spider crab.

Aquarium lunch.

One boy slept on the bottom bunk, and then 2 boys in the trundle bed. No one slept on the top bunk for some reason.

Drive home.

Sea lions on the wharf.

Seagull attack!

Such a fun trip!