Surfs up!

Don't have any pictures to share with you today, because we were both in the water. But  we had an AMAZING time surfing! Ryan caught the first wave and was up and after a little messing around we were both up catching waves and having a great time. We even learned how to steer and brake! Not only were we surfing by otters but enjoying the sunset as we waited for good waves to roll in. So cool! We just loved it and Santa Cruz! We could have stayed there and surfed forever but L.A. and the lure of being home for Thanksgiving lured us on.  Along the drive we also visited The Tech and The Winchester Mansion. Both of which were pretty neat. The Winchester is an old Victorian from the early 1900s, 160 rooms of mazes, doors to no where, and stairs to the ceiling built by the heiress of the rifle company (by the same name) who thought that the spirits of people killed by her rifles were haunting her. A little weird but quite the HUGE house, it was like an entire block of Marlborough Rd in Brooklyn put together as one house, and we only saw what was left after parts were torn down due to Earthquake damage! The Tech was also interesting, definitely a Ryan sight. Basically its a museum sponsored by huge technology corporations like Microsoft where you can create robots, video games, green power, ride in simulator jet packs and earthquakes - even create your own jellyfish DNA (which we did) and attach it to other organisms to make some sort of weird jellyfish clone cells that glow. Here's a couple random pictures to keep you entertained, we're excited to go surfing again -  but we'll have to take some pictures next time to share with you all!

The completely gingerbread version of the Winchester Mansion.

Ryan in front of the giant artichoke.

The otters playing around in the water!