Without this bright yellow sign finding the Mystery Spot would have been difficult as this place is so off the beaten path.
Every Wednesday night during daylight savings time, you'll find upwards of 200 sailboats heading out onto Monterey bay for the Wednesday Night Beer Can Races. There no winner, just lots of fun, fast boats, and smiles all around.
A wonderful redwood park with a creek running through it just outside of the coastal town of Half Moon Bay. It has about 20 miles of trails with everything from a a leisurely stroll to mountain biking.
When you first arrive at The Mystery Spot you wonder what all the excitement is about. Once inside this crooked house you realize that your brain is having a difficult time trying to understand what is happening.
The best place in the world to live!!! I've been to dozens of great beach towns, and living near the harbor in Santa Cruz with its banana belt weather, gentle crowd of locals, and a few darn good places to have a beer and a burger, it's tough to beat this area.
Santa Cruz claims to be the real Surf City, what with Jack O'neill, the inventor of the wet suit living there, and the Duke first surfing there, but Huntington Beach outsmarted them by copyrighting the name Surf City USA. Read the following article by Rut
Santa Monica Pier opened in 1909. It was the age of top hats and hoop dresses, and when walking above the waters of the Pacific Ocean was a novelty.
Located at the bottom of Colorado Avenue, off of Ocean Avenue, the pier's original success was attributed to both a roller coaster and the famed La Monica Ballroom.
The Neo-Romanesque Cathedral of St Francis (San Francisco de Asís) was built between 1869 and 1884 on a site occupied by several earlier churches. In a chapel on the north side is La Conquistadora, a figure of the Virgin brought from Spain.
This is a "motor inn" across the street from my building. A lot of tours stay there.