There are a lot of Doug Fir trees in the Santa Cruz Mountains...Take 17 to Scotts Valley go throgh town to Felton, up Hwy 9 to Ben Lomond...beautiful drive...a great store...Ben Lomond Market...great resturant...Ciao Bella...Lots of stuff to see & do there...GREAT day trip!
P.S. further up the road is the Brookdale Lodge....haunted, they say...a resturant with a creek running through it... :)