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Sunday, March 16, 2014

Let the adventure begin!

We had an simply amazing day yesterday!  The original intent was to - eat a good brunch at a Brazilian Cafe and go ride a roller coaster at Santa Cruz.  Simple enough.   Tho, it was such a short notice that only Esi was able to make it.

Tho, that made everything as flexible, and less stressful as possible.  Since we decided to carpool, we didn't have to worry about being late and etc - and boy did we hit traffic.   Nice day = everyone heading to the beach =  traffic  = accidents. Ah well.

 We finally made it to the Cafe, luckily was able to be seated in about 15 minutes while we look thru the menu....  Food arrived quickly and was amazing! The fish was soooo tender....  and we topped it off with a delicious Acai bowl (jr).



Completely tasty and completely full.

The idea of roller coaster while full isn't something we want to temp with.. so we figure we walked around.  This area has some restaurants and a few shops.  Did a quick chocolate tasting at Donnerly's but being so full and it being so sunny, we pass the opportunity to buy some deliciously tasting looking truffles that they offered.... 

Anyway - made it by the beach.. still full.  We found a spot for parking w/ a pay by phone parking meter.  It seems that you can just say "hey I am going to park here", and then pay the amount you used when you get back.  That's completely cool b/c we didn't know we would ended up being at the boardwalk for so long !  What a great system!

We checked out the wharf.  Normal beach shops and resturants. The coolest thing was sea lions hanging out.  They were floating / sleeping as a cluster, right next to the edge of the wharf (so literally you see them right below).  They would sink.. then lift their head up to breath.. then sink. it was mesmerizing to see them do so - up close.   In addition, they were also right up the planks? way above the sea... we couldn't figure out how they got up there...






Onwards to boardwalk.  

We decided to just check everything out before we actually ride a roller coaster...  While watching people attempt "The Vault", a complete stranger came by and gave us 7 sheets of tickets (per sheet - $3 coupon for arcade, 2 attraction tickets).   7 sheets!!!   He said he couldn't use these tickets today so decided to give them away (it was around 3pm by the time we got there)

We walked around the park and decided that lines are too long!!! so the first thing we use these tickets for was "Fright Walk".  Free! (That one was scary!).  Then The Vault (we get two tickets per attraction ticket!) - then bowling, then time at arcade!  (drumming game,  DDR, rides, etc). It was getting late as we tried to use up all the coupon monies.. (it wasn't as easy as you think!)



I think we might never had tried those out if we didn't get those tickets.  We all wonder where people get those coupon sheets (maybe b/c they bought some season pass?)

Since we didn't use up all our attraction tickets we decided to pass it on to other people.  There were lots of people at Laser Tag so that hopefully saves them some $$ ... 

At the end, we were worn out, but it was great fun!!!  A great way to mark being older !