Santa Monica Beach by Tara Fay

It was a beautiful morning, so I decided I wanted to go to the beach with some friends. There was lots of traffic on the pacific coast highway, but we didn’t care. We were to busy singing Beach Boys songs in a red convertible. Santa Monica is a unique beach in the sense that many street performers will line up on the pier to dance, sing and play musical instruments for the people who pass by. On the pier, there are ferris wheels, rollercoasters, and fair games. One minute you are eating an ice-cream cone, the next you are bungee jumping right next to the ocean.  It is a carnival that floats over a beautiful scenic ocean. Like any respectable amusement park, this pier also has an arcade! It was full of vintage arcade games like pacman and donkey kong, but it also had modern stuff like Mario kart. We played a couple of hearty games of air hockey before heading out to see what else we could find. At the end of the pier, there will usually be several fisherman patiently waiting for their catch. On this particular day, my friends and I noticed that a younger fisher, about 10 years old, was catching the largest amount of fish, while the older fishers stared in disbelief. After taking some pictures overlooking the water, we ventured down to see the beach. We walked under the pier, which was beautiful! The light shined through the supporting beams making the water sparkle and shine. We took more pictures. One woman sold us watermelon that we enjoyed while sunbathing under a beautiful blue sky. The water was freezing, but that is to be expected when you live in southern California. We saw some sand crabs burrowing themselves into the sand as the water washed over them and some dolphins in the distance. On our ride home, we saw more dolphins diving in the water as if they were saying “Goodbye, see you next time!” Overall, my trip to Santa Monica beach was amazing. I highly recommend the journey for anyone looking for a lovely day at the beach, but also wants to run around in an amusement park.