Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz proved to be a 30-45 minute drive from San Jose. Santa Cruz is a really fun beach town, with a active "honky-tonk" boardwalk, and a public wharf. We popped out there for dinner two nights, and visited a redwood forest state park. When we finally left San Jose, we came here again, to follow Highway 1 north up and over the Golden Gate bridge.

	The Santa Cruz public wharf. Full of shops, restaurants, and shopping. (April 2003)
	Looking back on the boardwalk in Santa Cruz (April 2003)
	The public wharf. Great food, including our guacamole oysters!(April 2003)
	Lighthouse, Santa Cruz (April 2003)
	About 6 miles or so north of Santa Cruz on route 9 is the Cowell Redwood park. (April 2003)
	Walking among the redwoods was like being in a fantasy movie - they are so honking big!! (April 2003)
	I found it impossible to capture their grandeur on film.(April 2003)
	This tree has been carbon dated. It was a sapling when Christ was born, and they've tracked historical events all the way up to when it was cut down in 1932. (April 2003)
	We rented a truck for our week in northern California.(April 2003)
	North of Santa Cruz along highway 1. (April 2003)
	North of Santa Cruz along highway 1. (April 2003)
	North of Santa Cruz along highway 1. (April 2003)