Tide Pools

It was my friend's last day in California so we had one last big hurrah of a Saturday. Because he was going back to a non-coastal state (*cough* UTAH *cough*), he wanted to spend his last day at the beach.

So we packed up my car and headed to Santa Cruz to Natural Bridges State Park--a wildlife beach with monarch butterflies in the fall and tide pools all year-round. 

I'd never checked out tide pools before (or if I had, I don't remember it) and it was really cool. We saw some sea anemones, mussels, and crabs (ew). And I even had a "Little Mermaid" moment (picture below)!