Monday, August 8, 2011

Last trip of the summer

School starts next week, so this past weekend we had our last little mini vacation of the summer. We took off Friday and headed to Santa Cruz for a couple nights camping in the redwoods. The kids weren't excited about the three hour car ride so we stopped off at the Jelly Belly factory for a little tour (and some free samples, of course).

Jelly Belly Candy Co. - It's the Jelly Belly Slug Bug!


Jelly Belly funny mirror


We had to put on hats for our factory tour.


We got the tent up


The funny tree at our campsite


Hiking through the forest


My favorite trees - California Redwoods


The Mystery Spot


Tristan standing at the famous 17 degree lean


JR standing crooked at the Mystery Spot


Santa Cruz beach boardwalk. This skyglider ride was high and scary since Tristan, JR, and I could have easily slipped through the lap bar that was supposed to hold us in, but it was a great view.


JR and his carnival prize - "snaky"


The boys on the Tilt-a-Whirl


Tristan and me on the Starfish ride


Tristan getting his feet wet at the beach


The gorgeous view from just behind our campsite

2 comments:

Belle of the Blues said...

Looks like fun! My boys don't go back until Aug. 29th.

carol said...

I love getting to enjoy all the wonderful things your family does via this blog! Such a fun time of life. Lucky boys!!!
Aunt Carol