Santa Cruz Trip Report
Jun. 16th, 2021 11:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
forestofgloryLast Friday morning we drove down to Santa Cruz. I packed us sandwiches for lunch which we ate in the car. But we also stopped for a bit in Campbell, a city a bit south of San Jose and took a short walk, there was a trail by a creek and some fun wooden bridges.
We got to Santa Cruz too early to check into the house we were staying at, so we went right to the Boardwalk. Well the kid and R went to get tickets and I went to look at the beach and put my feet in the sea. But when I got back they were still in line. We waited around for a bit longer but finally got everything taken care of. The kid got to go on a couple of rides, and then we had timed tickets to the local art museum at 4 pm so we did that. It was fun, though they didn't have quite as much stuff as pre-pandemic.
Then we checked and unpacked and relaxed for a bit. After that we went shopping and got food to make our own breakfasts and lunches and also picked up pizza for dinner. My half of the pizza had mushrooms and roasted garlic with white sauce and was really good. R and the kid just had pepperoni.
On Saturday morning the kid and I went to the beach for a while and played in the waves and did a little digging in the sand. It was fun but the kid's mask got all wet, so we came back to the house and took showers. In the afternoon the kid and R spend a long time at the boardwalk and the kid went on a lot more rides. We got Chinese takeout for dinner.
Sunday we went for a hike in the redwoods. Which was very pretty but I ended up getting heat exhaustion. The hike wasn't that strenuous -- it was 2 miles mostly flat, but it was quite warm and I didn't pack enough water. I didn't realize how bad it was so I took a rest while the kid and R went to the boardwalk. But when they got back I felt worse, and started vomiting! R suggested I take a cool shower which really helped, but I was still really out of it and threw up several more times. Poor R had to take care of me and the kid.
Monday I felt well enough to walk around and hold a conversation though not totally fine. We weren't sure if we were going to make it to our Monterey Bay Aquarium tickets at 3pm. But we decided to try. First the kid and I wandered around downtown Santa Cruz while R got some time to play at the arcade by himself. The kid didn't like the snacks I had on me so we went on a snack shopping spree in the local grocery store. Then we mostly sat around and ate. After a bit we met up with R at a local bookstore. Then after an adventure finding a bathroom we drove to Monterey. In Monterey we had lunch then took a walk then it was time to go to the Aquarium. It was so nice! We got to see otters and the deep ocean tank and the kelp forest and the kid had fun with the touch pools.
Then we drove back home, arriving just in time for bedtime.
After a few days of recovery form the heat exhaustion I'm feeling much better, bending is no longer painful!
We got to Santa Cruz too early to check into the house we were staying at, so we went right to the Boardwalk. Well the kid and R went to get tickets and I went to look at the beach and put my feet in the sea. But when I got back they were still in line. We waited around for a bit longer but finally got everything taken care of. The kid got to go on a couple of rides, and then we had timed tickets to the local art museum at 4 pm so we did that. It was fun, though they didn't have quite as much stuff as pre-pandemic.
Then we checked and unpacked and relaxed for a bit. After that we went shopping and got food to make our own breakfasts and lunches and also picked up pizza for dinner. My half of the pizza had mushrooms and roasted garlic with white sauce and was really good. R and the kid just had pepperoni.
On Saturday morning the kid and I went to the beach for a while and played in the waves and did a little digging in the sand. It was fun but the kid's mask got all wet, so we came back to the house and took showers. In the afternoon the kid and R spend a long time at the boardwalk and the kid went on a lot more rides. We got Chinese takeout for dinner.
Sunday we went for a hike in the redwoods. Which was very pretty but I ended up getting heat exhaustion. The hike wasn't that strenuous -- it was 2 miles mostly flat, but it was quite warm and I didn't pack enough water. I didn't realize how bad it was so I took a rest while the kid and R went to the boardwalk. But when they got back I felt worse, and started vomiting! R suggested I take a cool shower which really helped, but I was still really out of it and threw up several more times. Poor R had to take care of me and the kid.
Monday I felt well enough to walk around and hold a conversation though not totally fine. We weren't sure if we were going to make it to our Monterey Bay Aquarium tickets at 3pm. But we decided to try. First the kid and I wandered around downtown Santa Cruz while R got some time to play at the arcade by himself. The kid didn't like the snacks I had on me so we went on a snack shopping spree in the local grocery store. Then we mostly sat around and ate. After a bit we met up with R at a local bookstore. Then after an adventure finding a bathroom we drove to Monterey. In Monterey we had lunch then took a walk then it was time to go to the Aquarium. It was so nice! We got to see otters and the deep ocean tank and the kelp forest and the kid had fun with the touch pools.
Then we drove back home, arriving just in time for bedtime.
After a few days of recovery form the heat exhaustion I'm feeling much better, bending is no longer painful!
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Date: 2021-06-16 06:57 pm (UTC)(I can call to mind most of what those locations must look like, and it's lovely to think about. <3)
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Date: 2021-06-16 07:20 pm (UTC)I'm glad you were able to have a good time in spite of being ill, though.
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Date: 2021-06-16 08:18 pm (UTC)