July 27, 2009

  • Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk-Part 1

    On the 2nd day of our little mini-vacation we drove up the coast from Monterey to Santa Cruz.

    Spent a couple of hours at the boardwalk (there's not many things that A. can ride yet) and then spent the afternoon taking the Beach Train up to Roaring Camp RR in Felton.  We all enjoyed the train ride.  I didn't realize there was a Redwood grove up there.. Beautiful scenery and relaxing ride.  Austin esp. loved it, as he loves anything train related.  This train ride even went through town a little bit, so there were lots of "ding-ding crossings" as he calls them. He gets excited when we see them from the car, but this time he had a diff. perspective seeing them from the train.

    Anyway, here are some photos...

    We're here.. a little chilly in the morning.. loving it!

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    Got there before everything opened, so had to kill about 20 min. in this arcade.  Austin did the grabber thing a couple of times, with no success. But he liked putting the tokens in and pushing the buttons.

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    One of the rides he could (and would) ride.  He's getting a little braver.  I wasn't sure if he'd ride this but he wanted to.

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    These just go around in a circle, slowly, except for when you go around the ends it speeds up & slings you around fast. Here we are about to fly around the corner..

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    Toward the end of the ride, he was trying to cover his eyes with my hand.  But he liked it, he did really good.

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    We also finally got him to go on a carousel!  He's always been afraid, but I guess he had a brave streak going after riding the little race cars.  He almost backed out though.  We were at the front of the line, and he started trying to pull me back saying he didn't want to go.  But he agreed to go when I told him that Daddy would come, too.  As soon as I buckled the safety belt around him, his whole demeanor changed.  He looked happy and not scared anymore.  This boy likes his seat belts! ha  Chris stood with him and I rode next to him.  I wanted to ride on the outside so I could grab the metal rings and throw them at the clown's mouth.  Santa Cruz is the only place I've been to that has this.  So fun.  As much fun as you can have on a carousel, anyway. :)

    My brave little man..

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    notice the leather safety belt..

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    up-down, up-down..

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    The boardwalk.. the giant dipper is 85 yrs. old this year.  That is one OLD roller coaster!

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    The beach.. we were going to try to take Austin down to the water and let him put his feet in, and play in the sand a little bit, but by this time, the sun was shining bright, and the sand was too hot for his little feet.  He took his shoes off and walked about 3 feet and wanted to put them back on.  It was pretty hot on my feet too.  We should have gone down to the water in the morning when it was overcast.

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    After we walked around for a bit, we decided to ride the train.. I'll post those pics next time.

     

     

Comments (3)

  • I miss the Boardwalk.  But am super excited to see the Giants play in a few days.

  • @oeshpdog2 - me too!  i'm just excited that you're all coming!  but excited for you to see the game too.  it's a really nice stadium.  and the boat ride is just fun.

  • Santa Cruz is fun! Howard hasn't been there yet. Maybe that will be our end-of-summer getaway before school starts.

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