Santa Cruz: A Local Favorite

If there's anything better than a rickety sounding wooden roller coaster, it's a rickety sounding wooden roller coaster on the beach. It's so exquisitely California.

Your day trip includes admission to the infamous Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, a bag of salt-water taffy and healthy car snacks to balance out the fair food. On the way there, take a quick stop at the world's most beautiful and only Taco Bell on the beach. Come back over the summit of the Santa Cruz mountains.