A walk along 4-mile beach
I have to catch up. On Father’s Day we made a trip to Santa Cruz. First we had breakfast at “Café Brasil” on Mission Street. Its’ rated the #5 place for breakfast & brunch in the area. It’s a popular and very busy place and doesn’t take reservations. Try to find a parking spot in the back or the adjacent streets, get your name on the list and get a coffee for the wait.
I had the Veggie Cocota which was quite different from the usual scrambled eggs or omelet, but I enjoyed it. My hubby was pleasantly surprised, because they sell one of his favorite sauces. “Lozano Salsa” is a vegetable sauce from Costa Rica. I call it the “Maggi” of Central America. And we got a pound of Brazilian coffee.
After breakfast we drove to our most favorite beach around here. You leave Santa Cruz on Hwy 1 north towards Davenport and pass Wilder Ranch State Park. There are no signs that give directions, but you can find it on the map. Parking is left off Hwy 1 and if you come late, you might have problems to find a parking spot. But usually there is always someone that leaves when you arrive and people are cool about parking in several rows if you leave enough space for the other cars to pull out. From the gravel parking lot you have to walk about 0.25 mile down to the beach and cross the train tracks. There used to be portables down by the beach, but unfortunately they removed them a while ago due to budget cuts. That sucks, because there isn’t really a place to pee.
Anyway, we had a lovely time there as always. My husband surfed for a couple hours, the girls had fun building a dam and I took a walk up and down the beach. I love the cliffs at the southern end of the beach. You can climb up on the rocks to go to the very end.
The different shades of the ocean are mesmerizing and I took a few shots of the waves crashing on the rocks.
Even though I don’t consider myself a “water person” (my husband still hasn’t given up on me surfing….), I could spend hours watching the ocean and its waves. I don’t have to be in the water to enjoy the beauty of it. Good times!
Playing in the sand.
A walk along the beach.
Footsteps in the sand.
Gone.
Everything starts fresh.
