Santa Cruz

We started slower this morning playing and reading at home for a while. Helen and Robert had a chance to try out Emma's Google Glass which was interesting - though not compelling enough for us to order one straight away. Then we packed ourselves into Emma's car again and let her phone guide us over the hills and down to the beach at Santa Cruz.

We started out digging holes, making sand castles and filling our nappies with sand, and then headed for the boardwalk fun fair. Thomas had his first ride on a roller coaster and couldn't stop smiling/whooping afterwards.

After lunch we walked out along the wharf to see the sea lions and seals. We were lucky to see a sea lion leap out of the water onto one of the wharfs lower cross members. We also saw a large group of seals just floating about together at the end of the wharf.

That night we had a picnic dinner in the local park and the kids had a good play on the equipment.