I spent the last week in California, first in Yosemite National Park and then in Santa Cruz. My friend and I went specifically to photograph, but I made sure we spent time slacking off, too. Santa Cruz is such a beautiful place, I can’t imagine why anyone would want to leave. I mean, aside from the cost of living being among the highest in the country and the place being overrun with tourists year ‘round…
This year happens to be the centennial celebration of the “Boardwalk” amusement park—one of the main attractions to the city outside of surfing—so there was much ado, much pomp, much circumstance. Also, the place was engorged with visitors from Friday afternoon until Sunday when we left. They were riding rides, eating food, pushing strollers, the whole nine yards. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and it pained me to get off the plane yesterday at Logan International in Boston to a cheery, 47-degree morning.
I managed to eat six times my weight in food (by informal calculation), walk tens of miles in only a couple of short days, take about 2,000 photographs all said, and pretty badly sunburn both of my arms and my neck (go me!). I posted a few photos from the UCSC arboretum on my photo blog, and I’ll be posting a lot more very soon.
Welcome back! Sounds like you had fun.