In spite of all the warnings, the siren surf calls....
More surfers
Waiting for the waves
Continuing up West Cliff Drive...
We stopped at an overlook of Natural Bridges state beach.
The area is named for the naturally occurring mudstone bridges that were formed over a million years ago and have been slowly carved away by the Pacific Ocean into cliffs that jutted out into the sea. Of the three original arches only the middle one remains. The outermost arch fell during the early 1900s and the inner arch collapsed during a storm in 1980.
Seagulls and cormorants
Founded in 1907, the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is California's oldest surviving amusement park. It was closed, so we just wandered about, watching the place be cleaned and prepared for the evening's festivities.
Map of the park
Safety inspections of the rides .... Cleaning the grounds
Walking along the beach back up along the length of the amusement park
