We had the best time exploring a bit of what Santa Cruz had to offer last weekend! Its about an hour north of us so we drove up and checked out Natural bridges State Park, had an amazing lunch at Mission St. BBQ, stopped to see what The Mystery Spot was all about and then hit Glaum Egg Ranch on our way home!
Natural Bridges State Park was just a scenic place to walk along the sand and stick our toes in the ocean. There use to be three of the natural bridges like shown but one collapsed/eroded and the other fell during the '89 earthquake. The boys enjoyed climbing up the rocky sided cliffs and playing in the trees.
We stopped by Mission St BBQ for some lunch and it was delicious. I am partial to tomato based BBQ sauces and they used vinegar but the pork was delicious and the boys had amazing looking plump hotdogs. The best park for me was their oil cloth decor and chunky potato salad. Wasn't quite like home but was a dang good reminder!
The Mystery Spot is a fun tourist trap in Santa Cruz where somehow, someway the "natural" gravitation pull is altered so that everything is leaning when you feel like you are straight. The boys thought it was the coolest thing ever and the guide did lots of tricks to wow them. I had a baby strapped to my back and honestly the leaning/dizzy feeling was compounded with the extra weight so I was happy when the tour ended but I'm glad we saw what the fuss was all about.
Our final stop was the Glaum Egg Ranch in Aptos on the way home. Its this cute organic egg ranch where the late grandfather was a tinkerer/inventor and had created an egg vending machine. Sure enough, you slide your dollar bills in like a regular vending machine and the slot opens and out comes a tray with 19eggs on it. Feeding your money in also causes the curtain on the adjoining Chicken Show to open and for them to start dancing and clucking away for their 2 minute show. Apparently their costumes and decor get changed for every season so we saw them in their Easter-finest, while this youtube video of the experience shows them at Thanksgiving. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkCQ1Rto_UQ
It was just a fun "things you don't do everyday" Saturday for sure
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