Ryan Jerz :: Reno Blogger

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Misc: Vacation, 2008


View Larger MapAs is almost customary in the Jerz household, we hit the road last week, the week before school starts back up, and took to the great outdoors for a little camping. The map shows our travels.

We headed west, toward the ocean, and stayed at a campground between Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz, California, called Costanoa.

We left Reno on Sunday and returned on Friday. Five nights sleeping in a tent with kids was not nearly as bad as I thought it could be. I guess it still could be bad, but it wasn’t.

From there we did the following things:

  • Went to Santa Cruz and visited the Mystery Spot
  • Walked from the tent to the car for some water and scared a skunk. Then grabbed the flashlight and watched another skunk ignore me completely whille it rooted around for food
  • Visited Año Nuevo State Park and hiked to the beach to see elephant seals
  • Hiked to the beach to spend a few hours
  • Stayed up in the dark to see if we could spot skunks and raccoons. Total count: three raccoons, one (additional) skunk
  • Went back to Santa Cruz to meet my cousin Chris and hit up the Boardwalk
  • Stuck around and drove to a different, much colder and windier beach

Take a look at this very brief slideshow (haha) of photos I took on the trip. Be sure you’re signed in to Flickr if you’re a member, as some of them require being my friend there to see.


tags: 2008, california coast, half moon bay, mystery spot, santa cruz, santa cruz beach boardwalk, vacation
posted by Ryan Jerz on 08/24/2008

Comments

Bethany, Aug 25, 11:45 AM #:

Hey, I’ve been to that ice cream shop! I had the strangest lavender-pepper flavor or some strange concoction like that. It was delicious!

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