Hello Santa Cruz! Visited Santa Cruz for the first time and wow, the weather was nice! 58 degree weather at 9am in the morning. My type of weather.
I met up with a few friends for a stroll through Natural Bridges State Beach (the paved part though). We walked all the way from the beach to the lighthouse and back, which was around 4.5 miles! I easily got my 10,000 steps for the day 🙂 Parking was $10/day, so we ended up finding street parking instead. It was only a short little walk from the Visitor Center, but actually an even closer walk to the beach. A note if you’re walking from the street to the Visitor Center: don’t take shortcuts.
From far away, the birds on top of Natural Bridge looked like penguins…in California.
Here’s the lighthouse at our turning point – it’s actually a surfing museum! There were a lot of surfers catching the waves in the water, so we stopped to take a look too.
Overall, it was a nice and easy walk with some nice views! Definitely a great stroll to hang out and catch up.