Summer 2018 Road Trip - Day 5

July 3, 18

Day five was a somewhat of a slow day.
We Yelped breakfast places in Santa Cruz and picked Harbor Cafe. It had great reviews ... I mean the food looked decent but upon tasting it we felt that the food was bland, Jacob was annoyed that they didn't have any red salsa and he said that the biscuits and gravy didn't appear to have been made in house, more like out of a can (that's NOT good quality). I was pleased with mine.

After breakfast we headed over to the arcade at the boardwalk. We wanted to split our time at the boardwalk and wanted to get the arcade part out of the way. I watched the boys play for a bit but then I spotted a bench and took out my book from my purse and enjoyed a bit of reading.

After a while I went outside to people watch. Being here you can't help but think about the movie The Lost Boys. This spot would make the third place we visited where a movie was filmed. The Birds in Bodega Bay, Winchester which was partially filmed at the Winchester Mystery House, and The Lost Boys here at the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz. So Cool!!!

California is so cool in many ways but it also stinks in so many others. We did see a lot of transients all over Santa Cruz, awful but one can't really be shocked since liberal cities/states tend to have this problem just like in Washington.

After leaving the boardwalk we drove to Natural Bridges State Beach. It's a hotspot for Monarch butterfly migrations. There are up to 150,000 and can be seen from October through early February. We had a nice time hanging out at the beach for a bit. Hearing the waves crashing against the shore is always so relaxing and taking in the pretty view always has me thanking God for this wonderful creation He created for us to enjoy! The ocean/beach is truly amazing!

We drove down Steamer Lane. A nice drive with attractive homes to the left and the pretty ocean on the right. The scene here is similar to Coronado's Ocean Boulevard but on a smaller scale. These people have such gorgeous views.

We dropped our things off at the hotel and separated our dirty clothes. Since it was day five of our trip we had accumulated quite a bit of dirty clothes so we headed on over to a laundromat that was across from a Goodwill store, you know what that means ... bargain book shopping!!!

For dinner we ate at Woodstock Pizza on Front Street. It was ok.

After dinner we headed back to the hotel. We wanted to have a relaxing evening  and to go to sleep at a decent time since the 4th was the following day ... a long day ahead.