Cheap and Great Over the Hill

One of the best things about living in San Jose is our proximity to the coast. We love being able to wake up on a weekend morning and impulsively blow off the yard work, and the city traffic for a 30 minute trip over the hill to Natural Bridges State Beach.

And every time we find ourselves repeating the same refrain, "I can't believe we don't come over here more often." Our routine is to walk beautiful West Cliff Drive, then swing by my old college hang-out Taqueria Santa Cruz for the most killer salsa and giant burritos "to-go," grabbing some free parking on on Delaware St. before plopping on the beach to eat, play and let the Silicon Valley stress melt into the sand. Guaranteed napping by the back seat crew all the way home.