We spent today in Santa Cruz, kicking around the Natural Bridges State Beach and around and about.

We checked out where the Monarch butterflies hang out, whilst migrating and sexually hibernating, and I took some pics. The orange leaf looking things, ain’t leaves, and the caterpillars love the milkweed.

On the beach itself, gulls and pelicans were the subject matter for another bunch of pics. M. started tossing walnuts to the birds, while I mentioned that Hitchcock shot some gull abuse scenes in Northern Cali.

The last of the animal watching was the herds of surfers riding the waves. I ain’t never seen that many folks floating at once, so I had to take pictures.

Then the sunset, and we took off.