Santa Cruz Wharf

We managed to get a lift from Archie and Megan to Santa Cruz, as they are such lovely people, and all because we had a mix up over party dates...

On arrival Sarah and I checked into our rather basic motel and then walked the couple of blocks to the beach and had a lovely healthy fish lunch on the Wharf. It's as I was stood on the wharf …

... at how good the weather has been. i think california gets similar weather to us in adelaide. hit up beach and went left of wharf all the way down to the yacht club. quite a nice beach. surprising it wasn't busier considering it was sat and leading into ...

... tasted like milk and water. so many food / drink items here have the taste removed. its crazy... so bad). walked around 'burbs, headed to shopping complex and got an international adaptor for camera. hit up wharf (heaps of shops and restaurants on ...

greyhound bus in morning down to santa cruz. america has some pretty nice country side. california is well cool. hit up beach... boardwalk, wharf, bit of main st. was wearing a quiksilver tee and a lady stopped me on top of cliffs looking out over ...

... was calmer, cleaner waves, and the sun was still shining. The day after Dave took us down the San Lorenzo river just outside Santa Cruz. It's a small creek river (not difficult) right through a state park. We got on at 8:30am, and it was bloody cold. ...

... and at only $5 each a great value for money little trip into the woods. We made it down to the sunny coast of Santa Cruz and drove towards the boardwalk.  Right there on the beach is a glorious old boardwalk and amusement park, the West Coasts ...

... joggers dot the landscape. We give up waving at the VW Vans as it's useless. Couple of tours of the town and out on the Santa Cruz wharf we drive. Park and walk to take in the sea breeze. Hunter is happy to be out and about but we soon find out NO DOGS ...

... and leaning out over them without falling. And then came the driving. On our way to San Francisco we didn't make it over the Santa Cruz Mountains because of hailstones - in March when it's supposed to be nice and warm! So we had to drive along the ...

... guess he felt sorry for us budget backpackers and bought us all our drinks for the night. it was great. Santa Cruz was lovely. A beachy coastal town, which a big wharf and a fair ground. It was freezing while we were there but still a great place to ...

... . Lots of giggling and silliness. We met up with a few of Marcus' friends and shimmied the night away to old school jams. Santa Cruz is a university town with a large population of young people. The dotcom boom has also brought an influx of young, techy ...

We managed to get a lift from Archie and Megan to Santa Cruz, as they are such lovely people, and all because we had a mix up over party dates... On arrival Sarah and I checked into our rather basic motel and then walked the couple of blocks to the beach ...