This morning we went to Capitola Village by the Sea which is the next resort down the coast. It is one of the oldest holiday resorts on the Pacific Coast. After California statehood, the mouth of the Soquel Creek became a shipping point called Soquel Landing. Santa Cruz County pioneer Frederick Hihn bought the land in 1856 and built the first wharf. In 1882 Hihn subdivided lots and built cabins, a skating rink, hotel, theater and bandstand. Visitors came by car and on the Santa Cruz-Watsonville train. With a 160 room hotel, Capitola Village was the premier coastal resort, winter and summer. It has a lovely beach where we sat while the girls played in the sea and there are restaurants bordering it. At the end of the beach are some colourfully painted houses giving it a Mediterranean look. Shops and galleries add to the charm of this lovely little resort. There is an old pier and a wooden trestle for the railway line. We then drove to the other side of Santa Cruz to Natural Bridges State Beach. The coastline is more rugged here and waves crash onto the beach. Only one natural bridge remains in the rock formations on the beach and that is in danger of collapsing. We returned to the hotel and then walked down to the boardwalk for more rides for Lola and arcade games for Evie.