Lighthouse Field State Beach

Lighthouse Field State Beach
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The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum is in the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse at Lighthouse Point on West Cliff Drive. Overlooking internationally renowned surfing hotspot Steamer Lane, this museum has photographs, surfboards, and other interesting items tracing over 100 years of surfing history in Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz Boardwalk

Santa Cruz Boardwalk
Originally uploaded by aefitzhugh.

I was struck by the lightning bolt of the roofline and the roller coaster arcing into the sky. I was having a surprisingly good bowl of Shanghai noodles from the Board Wok fast food place sitting under that roof.