One of the things that we were most excited about when we found out we were getting stationed to Beale AFB was its location. While the base is kind of far from everything else and we end up doing a lot of driving on a regular basis that I am not a huge fan of, the proximity to SO many amazing places in the larger California area is amazing. We have said from the very beginning that we wanted to try to take advantage of our time while we are here and seize the opportunities to explore and go to new places, which we love to do.
Last weekend after the 4th, and a lot of lake swimming, we decided that we needed to get out of town and to head to some cooler temperatures down south on the coast. We went to Santa Cruz and spent the afternoon at the amazing boardwalk which has a small amusement park with tons of rides for all ages. The kids loved it and the girls rode on their first real rides by themselves.
Then we headed down to Monterey, which is on the other side of the bay from Santa Cruz. We went to their famous aquarium, which really was awesome, and then we spent the afternoon at the beach playing in the waves, bulldozing sand, digging for treasure and burying mom, dad, and Jake in the sand. We ate tons of seafood and found another DDD spot which lived up to all the hype on the wharf. Clam chowder is not just a speciality of New England we are learning. It is huge out here on the coast, as is calamari (Brenner's favorite food) so we basically ate both at every meal wherever we went.
We had such a great trip and things like this are getting easier and easier with the kids (read: easier, not easy!) and we really want to make fun memories for them and us as often as we can!
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