Grant and I woke up at around 8:30 this morning. We had breakfast in our hotel room...a combo of stuff we bought and stuff they had at the continenetal breakfaast (which wasn't much...English Muffins and Breakfast danishes...)
We walked down to the Boardwalk, but they didn't open until 11:00. We looked at the train times, and decided to drive up to Roaring Camp and try to catch the 10:30 Beach Train. We made it on time and took the Beach train, which began by going through a Redwood forest, and went down into Santa Cruz and back to the Boardwalk. This time, everything was opened at the boarkdwalk, and people were visiting, despite a little bit of drizzle held over from the morning rain.
We rode the famous, 80 year old Giant Dipper rollercoaster, which was quite fun. Then we walked around and looked at all of the rides. Lunch was good, old fashioned carny food...corn dogs, and a chocolate dipped cone for Grant and a rootbeer float for me! We walked down to the water and then it was time to head back to the train.
After we returned to Roaring Camp, we had 30 minutes before the next train (the narrow gauge steam train) departed, so we took a short .8 mile hike through a redwood grove.
The narrow gauge was very neat...we sat in the very back, so when we went backwards on the switchbacks we had a front row clear view. It was very cool.
After this train ride, we jumped in our car and headed up to the Mystery Spot, which supposedly has magnetic anamolies and spaces that refract light in different ways. The majority of the tour is identical to the Haunted Shack at Knott's Berry Farm, but there were some interesting features....for example, the trees in the vicinity all had branches growing only on one side of the trunk...
In any case, it was fun!
For dinner we had pizza from a place down town...it was yummy...and a salad with chicken, pecans, and gorganzola cheese.
We made it back to the hotel in time to watch American Idol and Amazing Race with a bag of popcorn...(speaking of Amazing Race...see what i mean about Amber? She has yet to make one damn decision in any game she's ever been on except for who's coat tails to ride...they are sitting at the bottom of the water tower waiting to see if the other team is going to complete the fast forward, and Rob's asking Amber to make a decision, wait, or go on, and she sits there and hems and haws the whole time, and never makes a decision, until the other team finishes and the decision is made for her! grrrr....)
One thing I forgot to mention in my previous blogs. I lost my ring! Not my engagement ring, so stop panicking, but the claddagh ring Grant got me 3 years ago for my birthday. I haven't taken that ring off in three years. We both saw me wearing it on the plane, and I realized when I got to the hotel that my ring was gone! Weird! It wasn't loose or anything, as as I mentioned before, I never take it off...it was just gone...sigh...
See ya manana! (Happy Birthday, Bobby G!)
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