Best Western All Suite Inn Santa Cruz

... colour in the sun, very exciting! Then found a half price jewellers and got a new ring to replace Charlotte's lost one yay. Then went on the 17 mile drive around the Monterey peninsula, saw big waves and the famous Lone Cypress Tree. Charlotte then fell asleep during the Day After Tomorrow, which was very exciting having now been to New York and LA!   

04/11/2009 - Woke up in the morning, had our usual breakfast (cereal in our room out of paper bowls!), and checked out of the hotel. We picked up the car from the backstreet car park (it was still there, with all its wheels on, thank god) and headed south on Highway 1. We had initially planned to travel seventy miles or so and stay in Santa Cruz, but the reviews on tripadvisor.com said it was past its best and a ...

... for my Grams' sake). Now at this point, I realize how alone I am, not passing anyone on the way up except Mr. Jerry Garcia lover, whoever he was chilling with in that parking lot, and the 2 sketchballs I passed on the way up the short hill. A rush of panic and terror overcomes me, I definitely cannot do anything about this situation on my own...a girl against 3 guys stealing Lola and the 2 at the bottom of the hill that I now assumed to be lookouts. My instincts tell me to go back ...

... to ensure that I really did get my $9.75 worth of scenery, we headed onto Carmel, a firm favourite memory of my childhood. The hill down to the beach I remembered as if it was yesterday, although the number fo 4 way stops took me a bit by surprise. The English Sweetshop is no more, but is still an overpriced sweet shop, so didn't command much attention from me. We parked at the beach and ran out to the water. I thoroughly enjoyed flexing my magnificent torso ...

... of little sea lion pups! We got as close as we could to get some pics and video. Then someone gave us a tip that their parents were down the wharf. Indeed they were! The papa sea lion was ENORMOUS. He was also very cranky because pups kept crawling on top of him. Cutest thing ever. <br> - Walked over to the Boardwalk amusement park. We had intentions to play a very competitive game of miniature golf. Bri is the reigning champion, and Christen intended to ...

... There were too many people to just leave our bikes somewhere so we kept riding. We just saw online last night that there is a surf competion starting this weekend and into the week...wouldn't you know we're missing it. it seems we've missed all the festivals by a day before or a day after on our ride. I think we might hit some this week and next weekend at least i hope. This is the first campground that we've ...

... ones and we came in a tad late. The discussion we walked in on was of the Ten Worlds in Buddhism. Nichiren Buddhist thought describes these 10 states of life that any living being can embody at any moment in time. Through understanding these states of life, we can gain an awareness of how our life condition, our attitude, and our behavior can influence our environment, or rather BE our environment at any given moment. I was surprised to discover that Ellen, the woman giving ...

... towards the Oregon Coast, then south to Floras Lake, where we both got our first killer kiting session on flat water and 12m conditions (and Mariela on her 6m ) for about 3 hours. We spent the night at Floras Lake Campground to do some more kiting the next day. On Sunday the wind started around 10:00 a.m. and blew until way past we left around 3 ...

I almost crashed the car in san francisco city centre. I went through a red light looking for a youth hostel. I was more bothered about finding the right roads than i was about stopping at red lights. A four wheel drive screeched his brakes on and stopped millimetres short of the car. I really dont know how it missed us!! We tried to go to church in the evening but by the time wed found one the service had already finished. It wasnt a brilliant day. we ...

... took me out to Napa Valley, the winery area, and to Sonoma... this little town which had really quaint boutiques. By this time, I was already feeling really sleepy... you know how your eyes just get so heavy and your head starts falling before you jolt awake, realising you're falling asleep... that was me! Sorry Michelle... it wasn't you!!! =) The rest of the afternoon was just me resting... so yeah, I'll sign off here. Til next time!