Seacliff August 2011

Our favorite spot EVER to go camping...Seacliff State Beach. Seven days of awesomeness. We spent the week relaxing on the beach, took many walks on the paved pathway along the seawall, venturing over to Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, and spent a day in Monterey at the aquarium and Dennis the Menace Park. Highlights of the trip include Adam learning how to ride his bike (with training wheels). Seems like it would be so easy but the concept of continuuosly peddling forward is hard for the little ones. They have a constant urge to go forward and then immediately backwards, jerking the bike to a stop. Jason, always figuring out how to make things work better, tied a rope to the front of Adam's bike and pulled him until he figured out to continue peddling without putting on the brakes every few seconds! It only took one pass down the pathway and Adam mastered the concept, then REFUSED to get off of his bike! Another highlight was Daniel's confidence to try as many rides as he could. This year he rode the log ride (too steep for me!), and the huge pirate ship swinging ride. He loved every single ride he tried! I think the trip to Disneyland was a great introduction to fun rides and helped curb his fears thar he had a year ago. Maybe next year he'll be tall enough for some of the bigger rides. Cannot wait to go back again to Seacliff next summer.