Hello to all of you again.  Well this page has been completely redone, and will be added onto very shortly, as all of my pictures have disappeared.... Anyways, here is a short tale of life in Santa Cruz, soon to be updated. Last updated on May 7th, 99<p>
<B><U>At The Beach</B></U><p>
Located on the beaches of Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk combines everything that is great about Santa Cruz. You get a feel for the Santa Cruz lifestyle, as well as the amusement park atmosphere. When you get tired of walking from ride to ride, you can relax and bask in the rays of the sun on Main Beach. From the beach you can walk to the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf and enjoy great oceanfront dining at any on the large number of restaurants, or shop for souveniers until your heart is content. For the younger crowd, you can continue on to Cowell's Beach where you can rent an assortment of water sports equipment by the hour, or by the day. Rentable equipment includes wetsuits, body boards, skim boards, wind surfing boards, surf boards, kayaks, and more. During the summer, you can catch great Oldie's concerts presented every Friday night, with two free shows at 6:30pm, and 8:00pm.<p>
<B><U>In Town</B></U><p>
The place to be in town is the Pacific Garden Mall.  While in Downtown Santa Cruz, you can shop for any type of item you could want.  Hand made Jewelry by local artists, Antiques, Clothes, Books, Candles, Musical Instruments, Music, A Wide Variety of Food, Collectable Items, Cool rocks, minerals and crystals, and more.  If you are hungry, Marini's has a wide assortment of great candy, sold by weight.  The Java House, and Cafe Pergolesi's have great coffee, tea, and deserts.  For cheap food, there is Noah's Bagels, wuth a wide assortment of bagels.  Next door is a great pizza place, although I can't think of it's name.  For Ice Cream, there is the double rainbow cafe, but fr great smoothies, you can't beat the Java House.  There are also several theaters, of which the Cinema Nine, and the Del Mar are both on the mall.<p>  
  For culture, you can go to either the McPhereson Museum, which contains an exhibit of local history as well as two rotating exhibits.  There is also the Nickelodeon which shows the latest foreign films.  Above that, there are many art galeries to go to, and many places where you can here local, and cultural music as well.<p>
Well that is all that I can think of to say off the top of my head, I will try to update this page in the near future.  Also after I turn 21 in May, I will add a nice section on the night life I am sure.<p>
<B><U>At night:</B></U><p>
 Again, Cafe Pergolesis is a great place to go.  Lots of local flavor, plus coffee galor, great deserts and good beer.  If you are looking for a little more excitement, during the summer, the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is open on Mondays thru Saturdays til at least 11 (sometimes it stays open later if there are a lot of crowds like on July 4th weekend), and until 10 on Sundays.
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<B><U>The Pictures: (more to come soon, just took some in May)</B></U><p>
<B><U>Santa Cruz & Monterey stuff</B></U><p>
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The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, taken from Main Beach
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A beautiful view of Santa Cruz from near my house
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Here is a picture of the Lone Cyprus in Monterey
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An Awesome view of the coast from the fishing boat<p>
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My first multiple catch deep sea fishing, two at once<p>
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Here are all the fish I caught that day, quite a lot huh?
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Here is a helicopter at the pond a block from my house.  It was fighting a fire in the mountains near by
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<B><U>Los Angeles Stuff</B></U><p>
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A cropped panoramic shot of the castle
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Taken while waiting in line for the Indiana Jones ride
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30 years of Disney, an awesome parade
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I really miss this parade...
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The fireworks after the parade
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A fight for honor at Mideival Times
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About to meet at Mideival Times
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<B><U>Lake San Antonio Stuff</B></U><p>
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This is a picture taken from our site at sunset
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This is a picture taken from our site just after the sunrise
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This was taken from the boat we rented for half a day
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A Cool tree on the way to the lake
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<B>Not-so-Wild-life Pics</B><p>
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This is just about the cutest thing I have ever seen.  This little fawn loved to eat lichen from the trees at our camp site
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here he is with his mother, hogging the water we gave them
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Here I am feeding his mother, taken from a previous visit, I couldn't believe she remembered me from the beginning of the summer
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Here is a closeup of her
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Here are a bunch of bucks standing in front of the bathroom by our site.  I guess females always take too long in the bathroom no matter what species they are from.
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Here is one who's mate was taking an extremely long time.  "Hurry up honey, there are humans in line!"
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This is a deer that kept going by our tent each morning
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Here are a bunch of bucks having lunch in the hot sun
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Here is a buck just chillin out in the shade
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Here is a bluejay that wanted to join us for lunch
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<B><U>Other Stuff</B></U><p>
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this is just a pretty cool snow scene from the mountains
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this is Paul Revere and the Raiders, from a 4th of July concert at Great America
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Very odd don't you think, I found this one from when I was a little kid (that is my hand in the picture). His name in Lancelot
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