Summer at the Boardwalk

It's mid summer, and funtime at the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz is in full swing! Lots of teens, and families, San Josers and Cruzians alike, licking ice cream, eating corndogs, dipping into dots, and wandering around dripping wet. Everybody grinning (except those who need naps). Half the fun of going is getting there. A relaxing drive through the artichoke and brussel sprout farms perched on bluffs above the ocean. The fog rolling in and out around each curve of Hwy 1. Counting hippie buses on the edge of town (is Phil Lesh playing?). Parking in the Seabright neighborhood, locals know, then walking over the train trestle, down the path to the Boardwalk where the San Lorenzo River meets the beach.

Everyone's first solo ride begins with Bulgey, the whale


"Let's get this show on the road!!"


Ice creamy grins



Our little Amelia Earheart


Wandering through the tidepools at Pigeon Point Lighthouse on the way home