Sunday, January 10, 2016

Santa Cruz with RR

For Ryan's Christmas gift, we treated her to a day in Santa Cruz. We started out at the Seymore Marine Science Center. Syd and RR both pet the shark!

After touching some otter fur, and seeing huge whale bones, we drove up the hill to the Mystery Spot. I kinda thought it was mostly a tourist trap, but it really is a bizarre place. There is a cabin that was built 75 years ago, and since then has slid down the hill and leans at a 17 degree angle.

When walking in the cabin, it is an unsettling feeling, almost like you are sea sick on a boat. You are always leaning on an angle up the hill. There is a pendulum hanging and it only swings one way. You can try to push it, but for some reason, there is a force pushing against it.

They didn't really explain why all of this happens and just call it a mystery, but there must be some kind of huge magnetic metal deposit deep underground. At least that is my theory. I'd really like to see a geology map. But for now, we are happy with our free number stickers.

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