{"id":53169,"date":"2013-05-06T14:41:05","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T20:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wend.ca\/?p=53169"},"modified":"2020-06-18T21:55:44","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T01:55:44","slug":"santa-cruz-natural-bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=53169","title":{"rendered":"Santa Cruz Natural Bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It wasn&#8217;t the nicest of days, which meant it was easy to find parking and few people on the beach. In the distance I could see rain blowing in&#8230; perhaps this is normal in Santa Cruz&#8230; but it was beautiful and strangely captivating. <\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s more to Santa Cruz than a gaudy, unpleasant, carnival-like strip, colourful surfing hoodies, and constant news stories of muggings, crime, and drug issues. I didn&#8217;t encounter any of this during my wanderings. <\/p>\n<p>The only thing I encountered was a natural beauty, wind, surfers, runners with dogs, and crocuses poking their heads out of the ground.<\/p>\n<p>In October, you can head down to the Natural Bridges Park and see the migration of the Monarch butterfly. <\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-53169 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=53173'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sm-IMG_5451-350x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sm-IMG_5451-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sm-IMG_5451-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" 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