Santa Cruz

Have you ever been driving on the freeway and wished that you didn't have to stop driving? Have you wished that you could just keep going to the mountains or the beach? Well Saturday night coming home from Lowe's I thought... sure would be nice to drive to the beach. So, instead of driving I decided to stop at home and see if anyone else wanted a part of this madness. So I called hotels in Santa Cruz, found one right by the wharf that was 1/2 off for the night cuz it was so late. I asked Nanda, Billy, and Kristin if they wanted to go. Unfortunately Nanda couldn't, but everyone else was game... so I booked the hotel, packed, and off we went at around 9:30.

We arrived in less than 3 hours and checked into the hotel at 1:00 AM. Kristin and I walked on the beach before bed and got stalked by a weird man who somehow knew we were from Fresno. It was creepy since no one else was on the wharf. Near the hotel we got freaked out by a weird dummy on someone's roof... who puts a freaking dummy on the roof?

So that was scary... I am having the hardest time trying to post pictures on this blog. I can put the first one where I want it... but all the pictures after that keep going back up to the top of the post... what's up with that?

Anyway the next day we walked to breakfast, ate delicious seafoody omelettes, then walked the boardwalk. We were early so we only had to wait a few minutes to ride the big dipper. Let me tell you that thing was no joke. I was actually quite scared. A man on the ride said I should label myself with an "S" for screamer. I think that means it's been too long since I was on a roller coaster. I never used to get scared like that.

We then walked down the wharf, I got an incredibly awful sunburn on my neck. Good times. Then like an idiot I put on my sunblock but it was probably too late by then. We checked out of the hotel, then drove along Cliffside road I think it was called. It was gorgeous as this picture proves. Then we drove South to have lunch and found a less populated beach to relax on. It was really the perfect temperature for a beach day... at least on the beach that was farther south. I'm so glad I was impulsive Saturday night... cuz this weekend was so much fun! It just feels good to do something last minute... especially if it involves the beach!

So the plan for this week? Work. I am working after work every night this week... sigh. That does mean more money though. We were able to pay the installer to put in a special moisture barrier so we should have the floor in the dining room done in the next few weeks...whenever someone can be here for the install, so yay!