i've never been there and would like to go. How is it there? And what else is there to do in santa cruz afterwards? Thanks!

 

Perhaps, if its not far out of your way, its rather meh.
Maybe small children would enjoy?

 

as far as santa cruz goes, what there is to do depends alot on the people going. beach, shops, restaraunts. if you like mountain roads,and like the drive, you might want to think about taking highway 9, it goes from cupertino ( los gatos) to santa cruz.

 

It's worth it just to go down Hwy 9. But it only takes one slow poke to ruin the whole drive. Slow people are allergic to pulling off to the side areas.

 

ha I lived in SC for 6ish years and never went to mystery spot, people say its cool if you have kids...

there's a good frisbee golf couse (de la vega i dont think my spelling is correct).

hwy 9 is good, i usually find fewer cars on old san jose rd...

if you take hwy 9 watch out for CHP, last time I was up there (about a year ago) i saw 3 of 'em, thank god i wasn't beating the snot out of my suby that time!

 

I don't have kids but I went and enjoyed it..

 

yes, go to the mystery spot.

did a detour couple years ago with my friends on our way to laguna seca. it was fun and interesting. couple years after that, couple other friends wanted to go, so i went as well. the 2nd time i thought of some experiment of my own. there's no smoking around the mystery spot, but i took out my lighter anyways. i had the flame coming out of my lighter. it was a calm day with no wind, and for some strange reason the flame was bending one way at the top.

 

would the winchester mystery house be comparable to the mystery spot?

 

i still fail to undersand why people would put the mystery spot stickers on thei car bumpers, knowing the stickers are going to f*** the bumper color.

 

Yes. Theoretically interesting. Not interesting in reality.

Well.. it's just clean fun. Go with an child-like mindset of wonder.

 

Exactly. This is probably the greatest mystery of the mystery spot: why people are willing to f&*( up their cars with the stupid bumper stickers.

 

may be their bumper is already f*&^ed! and the bumper sticker is big enough to cover it up.

 

I've never been, but want to go. I'm afraid they put those bumper stickers on when you're parked. How else can you explain all of them? The number of stickers I see daily is staggering.

 

Totally different. Winchester is kind of history/myth but mystery spot you see weird things that is unexplainable.

 

totally different in that sense.

Totally the same in the sense that it takes your money, you spend a few hours there, it seems interesting at first, and then a few days later you realize someone just sold you air and you want your time and money back.