Last weekend we decided to explore another part of Cali, and headed to Santa Cruz. It was an interesting experience to say the least. I believe it was 104 degrees in Fresno, so I thought it might be kinda nice to cool off at the coast. When we got to Santa Cruz, it was only in the 60's! The water was way too cold to swim in obviously, and I shivered all day even sitting in the sun. I also forgot that it was the last weekend of the summer, so there were a ton of people (mostly teenagers and college kids). We tried to walk down the Boardwalk, which has rides, games, and yummy treats, but it was just way too crowded. After about 4 hours, we decided that we had experienced enough of Santa Cruz and headed back. It wasn't quite dinner time so we thought we would drive awhile and stop somewhere maybe half way. Along the way, Mark saw signs that advertised a place named Casa de Fruita, and it had pictures of pie on the billboards. It looked pretty good so we found it on our GPS and headed for what we thought was a little cafe or something. It turned out to be a little village with a train, carousel, candy store, fruit stand, restaraunt, etc. Our little dinner stop turned into family fun! Kevin is really into trains right now, so we rode the train through the park and got to see some animals and big tractors. Then we ate some pretty good dinner at their restaraunt, and of course we had to walk to through the fruit stand and get some pistacios (sp) for the ride home. It was such a pleasant surprise, and it made the day a lot better for the kids! So any of you around here that haven't experienced Casa de Fruita, try it! It's good ol' fashioned family fun!
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What a fun discovery, I'll have to try it with the kids sometime. Lincoln used to be obsessed with trains. If you are ever in the bay area you'll have to try out the Tilden park steam trains. They are a blast, we go every summer.
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