HIA gang

    I'm back from Santa Cruz.

    The slightly under 500 mile, 4 day weekend trip went well.  I
didn't think to gauge my highway mileage, I'm guessing around 20'ish
mpg.

    My kids fished with their new fishing poles off of the Municipal
pier... That was a kick, watching them reel in their catch...which
were under size & we threw back...After great debates about buying and
setting up a salt water aquarium.
    We devoured some clam chowder in sourdough bowls to make up for
the fish being returned to their salt water home/ and
families...giggles

    We saw (2) evenings of concerts on the beach which they have each
Friday (Sorry I can't recall who they were) and Saturday Night (The
Coasters)
BYOB because they charge $3.50 for a lg. can of beer
Did I mention NO x-CHARGE for the concert?

    Concerts take place all summer...Mostly gauged to 60's, 70's
music... It was totally packed!  A real nice family place to bring the
kids.

    When the concert was over the two singers reached into the crowd
and shook hands with one of my twins (age 6) who is now "star
struck"... Crying for me to buy the CD they had for sale at the end of
the concert...lol

    The 1907 Nights (Mondays & Tuesdays) offer.50 cent ride
night...(Some rides are normally up to 6 tickets)
    You can also purchase HOT DOGS, SODA & COTTON CANDY for .50 cents
on Monday & Tuesday nights.
We had a great time.  I hope someone else takes advantage of this info
for their family when they are traveling out west.

    I also want to mention we say more VW vans of all years then I
have ever seen in one place... We lost count at somewhere around 50.
One van had the windshield that lifted out horizontal... I heard of
these but never saw one.
Is this the elusive splitty?

                               MtnGal