Mavericks Surf Competition and the Newest National Park

For MLK weekend, we went to the beach at Half Moon Bay.  We went to the spot that the Mavericks Surf Competition is held.  We didn't even know, but when we got there, it was very crowded and everyone was there scoping out their spots for the competition that would be held the next day.  We even saw some surfers test out the waves.  This is a very famous surf spot and the waves can get to 40 feet.  It was fun to be there the day before.  Kaitlyn loved the sand and even ate a few handfuls.

Kaitlyn loves the water and doesn't care if it is cold at all.  She just walks right into the waves.  Jeremy had her hand and she just sat down in the water.  We didn't even have a change of clothes for her because we never thought she would do that.  We were wet the rest of the day.

After we ate lunch, we drove down the coast a ways and went to another beach with firm sand Kaitlyn could walk on.

Mom's and Kaitlyn's footprints.

On MLK day (Monday, Jan. 21) we went to the newest National Park.  It is called Pinnacle's National Park and used to be a National Monument.  It was a 2 hour drive south and was in the middle of nowhere.  These pictures are taken with my phone because we brought the camera and took pictures with it until we realized there was no memory card.  How annoying.

There were caves to explore.  Kaitlyn didn't really care or notice that we were in a very dark place for a while.  It wasn't a very impressive cave because we were basically going under a boulder pile.  It wasn't that long either.

At the end of the hike, Kaitlyn was getting tired and didn't want to be in the front pack anymore.  So we let her out to walk.  She wanted to walk straight up the sides of the mountain.  Then she didn't want to do that anymore and just sat down.  She played in the dirt for a while until we could pick her up without her screaming.  She was worn out.  When we got to the car, she loved her car seat.  It was a fun place, but I'm still not convinced it should be a National Park.