Santa Cruz - Day 37

We were surprised to meet Laura again at camp. She's an engineer from Toronto who is taking a year off to do some biking and hopefully some humanitarian volunteer work before grad school. We have been at the same camp on several occasions since Oregon. 

We planned a 50 mile ride from Half Moon Bay to Santa Cruz. It was a pleasant ride with some fabulous, coastal views even though it had plenty of climbs and descents as it went from sea level to a few hundred feet.  We had been told about a RV site in Santa Cruz but when we got there, we found out it was 4 miles up into the redwoods. Ed thought about going further down the road to the next state beach campground but by then it was 5 o'clock, cold and Sharla didn't want to ride any further. Besides, we decided we didn't want to leave the Santa Cruz beach area without spending some time there. Ed negotiated on the price of a motel across from the Boardwalk and got it down from $140 to $70. Had a nice walk and dinner along the wharf and we were glad we decided to stay.