Santa Cruz

 Salinas, CA

True to our pact to get out of the house,

we took a drive up to Santa Cruz yesterday.

We've had a lot of rain here lately,

and now a stretch of 70's weather is glorious.

Santa Cruz is only about 45 minutes north, 

on the sparkling Pacific Ocean.

Of course there is the boardwalk..

but we were more interested in seeing

the ocean, surfers, and anything else.

We stopped by the lighthouse,

which is also the Santa Cruz surfing museum.

It is closed due to Covid, 

but we've seen it before anyway.

This is an area where a lot of surfers spend time

trying to catch a wave.

There weren't any big ones today,

but they were trying!

As always there were sea lions barking,

while enjoying the sun..

George got a shot of me enjoying the sun as well :-)

We had a nice surprise and met up

with our friends for lunch.

California is back to dining outside,

so we met up at the Crow's Nest.

It was a bit chilly,

but nice to sit out!

I turned 64 on the 29th as well.

One more year until Medicare, woohoo!