We’re so fortunate to live so close to the beach. It’s still more of a full-day trip than it was when we lived in San Diego, but hey! count your many blessings: we can dip our feet in the ocean less than an hour away from our house. :)

We made it over to Santa Cruz to (new to us) Twin Lakes beach, which we really liked. Parking is a little weird around there, but the beach itself was quite clean. It was mutually agreed upon that more beach days are in our future. Even though Jack won’t go near the water (really truly – he won’t even think about going near the waves) it is still nice and relaxing. I grew up close to the beach in southern California, so the beach is home to me. It is incredibly soothing to listen to the waves, and all of my problems just seem to sort themselves out by the end of the day. We can all just wish for a beach house, yes?