I have to rant for about a paragraph, then I’ll be done.
Yesterday I took Alfie to Mitchell’s Cove Beach in Santa Cruz, it’s an off leash dog beach that is quite secluded and safe for dogs to run around and not go back up to the main road. We were in the Santa Cruz area for a good couple of hours and I took a ton of footage on my “vlogging camera” (aka 8 year old pixelated canon that I really love but is such poor quality). 3 hours of editing, getting music right and finding free royalty-free music to use. It still won’t save. I guess I need to get out of the stone age and use something other than windows movie maker. I’m trying to keep up the vlogging every Monday and Wednesday. And if you’re new to the word vlog/vlogging, it basically means video-bloggging. Exactly what I’m doing here on spiffykerms but in video format. A more “follow me around” type of deal. You can check out my YouTube channel here if you want, there’s 3 videos that went live already.
Alright, let’s get into the fun stuff. Mitchell’s Cove Beach with Alfie!
After we spent an hour or so at Mitchell’s Cove dog beach, we drove up W. Cliff Drive for about a kilometer or so and went to the main boardwalk area. That’s when we scoped out some surfers!! I still can’t believe it, it’s so cool seeing them down in the water trying to catch some waves. Alfie and I arrived there around 10:30 in the morning, so I’m not sure if it was too early/too late but the surfers were waiting quite a bit for some waves. Hence the lack of fun surfing pictures.
The boardwalk area of Santa Cruz is quite popular with the tourists, myself included. There’s a seaside amusement park, which of course doesn’t allow pets – understandbaly. But we had a grand ol’ walk from edge to edge, and checked out one of the bridges. So you get a selfie of Alfie and I :)
About to head back up to the Bay Area. But first, I had to show you an adorable snap of Alfie hanging out the window (crying) for fear I was going to leave him. I was snappin’ shots of this Toyota Camry I have for reviewing purposes for about a week. Fun hey?! I’m wondering if all review cars from Toyota are going to be red?! ;)Â 
Enjoy your weekend. Go explore!
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These pictures are adorable! My dog would love a place like that, but there’s no place close.
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Oh, that’s such a bummer that you couldn’t get your footage to save! I would have LOVED to see Alfie in all his motion picture glory. He’s so darn cute!
@Stacie @ Divine Lifestyle: We’re still working on it. I passed the footage onto my husband. Hopefully he can get it to save. Lol :(
Nancy recently posted..POM FRIDAY . MITCHELL’S COVE BEACH
POM Fridays NEVER disappoint!
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@Sheena: Weehehe, thanks buddy!
Nancy recently posted..POM FRIDAY . MITCHELL’S COVE BEACH
Your photos are amazing. I don’t do video blogging. I do blogging and share photos thou.
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Your photos are so cute of your dog! The location looks absolutely gorgeous too.
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Alfie is just so darn cute! My daughter keeps trying to push me into the vlogging world, but I won’t budge. :)
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@Alli Smith: I gotta say, it’s way easier to do than sitting down and just staring at the screen for a beauty video (which is what I used to do). I find it’d like, talking to a friend out in public when I cart the camera around now. Haha.
Nancy recently posted..POM FRIDAY . MITCHELL’S COVE BEACH
What a cute little dog! I never knew they had beaches that are safe to keep your dog off the leash at.
@touristmeetstraveler: Yup! I just punched it into Google, and it came up! “Off leash dog areas in Santa Cruz”!
Nancy recently posted..POM FRIDAY . MITCHELL’S COVE BEACH
I do declare your dog makes you famous with all of his photogenic pictures. He is truly adorable. I’m glad that you were able to take him to a beach where he could roam free. (You’ve trained him well and are a great photographer.)
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@Lyndsey Jones: Haha I just wish he was friendly out in public. He’s a little bossy boots to everyone he meets!
Nancy recently posted..POM FRIDAY . MITCHELL’S COVE BEACH
Sometimes we love things so much we can’t let it go. Even if it is no longer the best thing we’ve ever had. I love the dog pics, the dog seems like a picture posing pro. lol
What a beautiful view and blue water!! I want to go there!! I like all of your pics, I’m glad you had a fun experienced.
This looks so fun! I love all the pics and your pup is so cute! I love dog beaches.
Beautiful photos. The little one looked like he enjoyed the beach, too.
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Oh Alfie. He is WAY too cute. I always look forward to seeing photos of him he really makes me smile. That first photo you can for sure see him posing for you! How fun, my dogs would not know what to do at an off leash dog beach. They’d be in heaven!
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@Jeanine: He’s such a good poser! He knows he’ll get belly rubs & treats after, probably. Smart lil’ fella :)
Nancy recently posted..POM FRIDAY . MITCHELL’S COVE BEACH
You have to most adorable little dog! What a beautiful place to hike.
I love Alfie’s smile, looks like he enjoyed every minute out there in the beach! Great captures.
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Your little pup is so stinking cute! I wish there were beaches around here that we could take our 2 great danes to.
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Aww Alfie so cute. That is so awesome that they have beach that dogs can be unleashed. So cool.
@Bonnie @ wemake7: A lot of places have it! I had no idea this one existed until I asked google where one was! Lol.
Nancy recently posted..POM FRIDAY . MITCHELL’S COVE BEACH
First off Alfie is so photogenic and looks like he has a big spirit – I know that windows movie maker is creatively fun, wait not it can be a hassle nowadays – I so miss the beaches and Sta Cruz! Hope your weekend is going fabulously also
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Awe, Alfie is so cute! Also, I’ve been loving your videos! :D
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@Connie: Ahh! You watch my videos?! Thank you so much!!!!! :) :)
Nancy recently posted..POM FRIDAY . MITCHELL’S COVE BEACH
This looks like such a lovely place to go for a walk with your dog. I’m really glad that there are off-leash areas like this for people and pets to enjoy!
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You’re dog is precious…if we lived anywhere near water I’m sure we’d be taking our pooch for a lot of walks
Cute and fabulous! Wow this looks so beautiful and relaxing! This looks like a really fun day for the both of you.
Your dog is really super duper cute! I’ve always found little dogs like that so adorable. And those views are gorgeous. It reminds me of my hometown.
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Awe your Pom is so cute. I wish we had a dog friendly beach around here. It would be so much fun to go to with our fur babies.
You can the most awesome doggie. I think Alfie makes your pics look so beautiful. You guys looks like you’re having fun. Enjoy