Feb 8th - Santa Cruz

Today we took a day trip along the coast down to Santa Cruz, around 200 miles total. We had a great day!

It was foggy in Oakland this morning but as we started crossing the Bay Bridge the fog lifted.

 It then got thicker. As we got closer to San Francisco the fog became more of a ground fog. I missed getting a photo of the SF high rises sticking up out of the fog.

 We stopped in Pacifica, CA and spent a over an hour walking around, along the beach. The photo after the next one is taken from near the top of the bluff in the background. There were warnings about the heavy surf. Waves were 13-16 feet high. It was awesome.

 More surf.

 We were parked back at the other end of this beach. I walked along the beach and then climbed this hill, it is a long ways down to the level of the beach. The view was great.

 We poked around looking for a place to have lunch in Half Moon Bay. We found Barbara's Fishtrap down next to the waterfront. This photo was taken out the window next to our table. The glass must have cause the blue tint. I had fish and chips and Kathy had a seafood platter. The food was GREAT!

 The outside of Barbara's Fishtrap.

 We stopped between Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz and walked around some more. Check out the surf behind me.

This is the same spot. The rock outcropping behind me is separated from where I am standing. To far to step over but someone a little daring could probably just from one to the other. After Kathy walked out next to me we looked over at the far rock and there were at least 50 baby seagulls walking around on it. They walked down the far side to where we could no longer see them. It must be a rookery.

We drove though the downtown area of Santa Cruz but didn't stop to walk around. We took a different route back north and stopped along the coast in Santa Cruz. We spent over an hour walking up and down the sidewalk next to the coast, again. In one area there were 30-50 surfers out. Many were so far out that they just looked like dots until they got up on their boards to ride a wave.

We arrived back home a little after 6 PM. Drew got home a few minutes before us. Kathy warmed up some goulash for supper and he came over to eat with us, and visit for awhile.

Thank you God for a such a great day.

Good night to all and may God bless you and yours.