Sunday, June 30, 2019

Manresa and Pinnacles

For a couple years, our friend Mary has been saying that camping at Manresa State Beach Park (just south of Santa Cruz) is a stunning experience.  Mary was able to score us a camp site on Memorial Day weekend (she had to get online exactly six months in advance) and here's the sunset we got.

Your Onions walking on the beach at sunset shot.


We spent lots of time hanging out with Mary, her family and friends, but alas, no pictures were taken. 
About an hours drive from Manresa is Pinnacles National Park.


It's an remnant of volcanic activity that has been shifted north along the San Andreas fault.

The view from Condor Gulch Overlook



Looking east. 


Looking south

Apparently the BEST part of the hike was into those rocks, but for some reason, my legs weren't feeling it and so we hiked back down without scrambling along the rock cliffs.


Our second day camping?  We drove into Santa Cruz for brunch.

Onions spent time studying for his exam, I went to the movies and we drove up to the UC Santa Cruz campus to take a look.

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