After adventuring around the Redwoods we took off down to the Beach. Santa Cruz is a teenagers dream! An amusement park right on the beach... you could say we might have acted like teenagers again. Although we couldn't ride any of the rides (Little Baby DeHart) we played all those overpriced games that your parents never let you play as kids at Lagoon. Taylor is quite the Archer and won us a little dinosaur. We named him Edwin. Edwin was only with us for about 5 minutes, then we left him on a bench hoping some little kid would take him home. We paid good money for that little guy (haha). Oh and I can't forget the delicious churros we got. YUMMM! We had such a fun time walking around the boardwalk, hearing the excited screams of little kids, and breathing in the smell of funnel cakes.
After we walked the boardwalk we took a walk down the pier. I think one of the biggest hits of the day was the sea lions/ seals (whichever one they are). There were hundreds of them on laying on the beams underneath the pier. We probably watched them for an hour as they jumped on top of each other, growled at the seagulls, and attempted to jump onto the beams.
After walking around the boardwalk and pier we were absolutely starving. Needless to say, the churro did not fill us. Next we drove to a local Subway to pick up sandwiches to eat at our next destination, which was the Natural Bridges Beach. We took off our shoes as we ran out onto the warm sand and set up our blanket. Eating everything but our chips, we then went out to the shore to take pictures and feel the cold ocean water. After a short 10 minutes we came back to our blanket. But... something was missing. Our chips were gone! ...Every last bit of food matters when you are 23 weeks pregnant. ;). As I shouted loudly, "where are our chips?!" Our nearby neighbors finally informed us that the seagulls took them. They tried fending them off but they finally gave up and the birds won. Right then I glanced over at the huddle of seagulls nearby. I ran over to them, seeing if they had truly done it. And sure enough the dang seagulls ATE OUR CHIPS! We both laughed so hard for some reason over these stupid birds that were smart enough to find our unopened chips and eat them. More hilarious though was probably the sight of a crazy pregnant lady chasing around seagulls for food. But no worries, we didn't let it ruin our night.
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