You may be wondering: what is the Santa Cruz Boardwalk and why is it so important to Santa Cruz Beach, California? The Santa Cruz Boardwalk is simply the oldest existing amusement park in the state, having been introduced in 1907. This means the Santa Cruz Boardwalk has been around for precisely 100 years how many amusement parks can claim to have been operating for an entire century? Off the top of your head, not many, right? It is also one of the only two oceanfront parks found along the US West Coast, with the other being the Santa Monica Pier. The Santa Cruz Boardwalk is presently a family-owned enterprise operated by the Santa Cruz Seaside Company. Other amusement parks such as Playland of Ocean Beach in San Francisco, and The Pike in Long Beach have all been shut down, but despite its age the Santa Cruz Boardwalk just keeps going and going.

You may be wondering if there is anything that would make you want to visit Hampton Beach in New Hampshire anytime soon. Well, actually there is it is called the Hampton Beach Seafood Festival, an annual event which is observed the weekend following Labor Day. This festival has been a key event for the Hampton Beach community since it was begun by the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce and Seafood Festival Committee 1988, and has already been recognized by the American Bus Association as One of the Top 100 Events in North America for years 1996, 2001, 2003 and 2006. More than 150,000 people are believed to participate in the Hampton Beach Seafood Festival every year.