Lyle and Jan - Our US Travels

Santa Cruz is located on central California’s coast. Its long wharf, with eateries and shops, over looks the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Vintage rides include the 1911 Looff Carousel and the Giant Dipper roller coaster. Boardwalk amusement park on a busy Saturday The Dipper 1911 Looff Carousel The ring dispenser Harbor seals snoozing on the narrow pier supports.  How did they get up there with only flippers to climb??? The one on the right was pushed by his neighbor and fell into the ocean.  Rough way to wake up from a nap. Natural Bridges State Beach: Rock arch that the water flows through.  They were having a wedding there, in the mist, and they had set up huge piles of wood for bonfires.  Fun! Beautiful garden. Amazing homes and gardens.

Loved this fish with the driftwood. Kids’ delight-train and candy store The restaurants offer samples of clam chowder and crab as we walked past. Interesting hole in the ceiling Sculpture of fish swimming in a circle The most incredible full rainbow after a quick rain storm. Morning hail, after a pretty heavy rain. Welcome to California; not that different from Colorado :) Jan Huff 760 Columbia Ave Del Norte, CO 81132 9706892482

Vineyards as far as you can see Huge (20 feet?) wooden cut-out of farmer in the field Cannery Row restaurant on the water Our campsite at the Monterey County Fairgrounds RV Park Stables for the horse shows and rodeos Jan Huff 760 Columbia Ave Del Norte, CO 81132 9706892482

Please refer back to the Santa Cruz post as we've added a few more photos and captions. Downtown Morgan Hill Coyote Valley RV Resort They offered wine tasting on Friday afternoons. Lyle and Carol playing bocce ball at Sarah's Vineyard. Rico (Carol and Dave's dog) is a Portuguese Water Dog. Paco (same breed) loves sitting on chairs, too. Happy Hour at Dana and Dawn's house: Dawn, Carol, Dave, Jan, and Lyle.   Rico loves to swim, and retrieve, even in the cold water at their pool.  Paco prefers to stay dry.   Dawn, Jan, Lyle, and Dave in Dana and Dawn's trailer.  The boys. Street was closed to cars. Good-bye dinner in Morgan Hill: Dana's twin brother, Scott, Jan, Dana, Lyle, Dawn, Dave, and Carol.