California vacation
 

Planning another visit with my daughter who lives in Las Vegas in June. This time instead of checking out parts of Vegas, Sedona, the Grand Canyon, etc, we are going to California. Los Angeles, Disneyland, PCH, San Francisco, Yosemite, Lake Tahoe, Topopah are some of the places I'd like to visit. San Francisco and Yosemite are definites. We plan on sightseeing and hiking.

Are there other places that you all might recommend?

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What, are you going for, a month? Most of what you mention is not quick and easy drive by stuff.

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Drive the cost through Ventura, Santa Barbara, hit pismo.

Beaches in Ventura are good. Ventura and CI harbors are nice.

Solvang is a destination too just before you turn due north 101

http://www.cityofsolvang.com/

You could always hit the chumash casino

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Y would anyone want to go to that area :-p

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When you say "in June" are you referring to almost a year from now?

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poor Mizpeh...June just passed dear :laffatu

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If you are going to see the Redwoods Humbolt county is beautiful. No vacation to Los Angeles is complete without Disneyland, the beaches and the canyons. SF do Fisherman's Warf, eat lobster on the water, take the ferry to Alcaltraz and photograph the Sea Lions. If you get far enough south the San Diego zoo is one of the best zoos in the world.

Be warned however there are some freaky people in Cali (said with kindness from a native)... A couple of years ago while I was in SF I was innocently eating lunch at the Warf when the 'Naked Bike Ride' came through. Of course I'm completely unoffended by nudity and grabbed my camera phone to get some pics of the men with pink ribbons tied around their penises so I could prove I saw what I saw to the docs at work... But my poor daughter in law almost died of embarrassment. The whole parade was led by a fully nude man (except knee and elbow pads) on roller blades... They were right in front of us for five minutes until the light changed... very gross fat folks too... and no one got arrested. NOT something one would ever see in Houston.

All the smoke shops take some getting used to as do the white kids with dreds.

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Chumash...that's funny. Solving is cool, might as well stop and try some wine at Fess Parker's too.

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Ha

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Probably 10 days. A night in Vegas, LA, SF, and Yosemite. Not sure what else she has in mind.

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Thanks but not interested in gambling otherwise I'd stay in Vegas.

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yes, June 2013. I wanted to visit in March during my school's vacation but from what I read March is not a good time to go to Yosemite.

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Redwoods is too far north. My daughter has been to San Diego and LA more than a few times. She might want to go again but she sounds excited about visiting SF. I'm from Maine and not a big lobster fan. The ferry to Alcatraz sounds interesting.



Ugh...on naked fat men. Is this a common occurence or did you hit gay pride week?

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hehe. Anyways, we got some great beaches and seafood.

Solvang is a neat place

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Oh and Sea World in San Diego

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It didn't have anything to do with gay pride.. it was about clean transportation I think... but the point is here if a guy cruises around with his junk hanging out he gets arrested... there... not so. Frisco is just a much looser place in general and there is a high tolerance for 'uniqueness' and encouragement to be risque.

So will you see naked people? Maybe not... but if you do, don't expect anyone to be alarmed about it or about other behavior that would shock many Christians out of their socks.

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If you are a conservative I highly recommend visiting the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in the Simi Valley about 45 minutes out from Burbank / Hollywood. It is first class with a lot of interactive multimedia presentations walking you through RR's life and Presidency and a few years ago they added the old Boeing 707 Air Force One that RR and other Presidents used for many years until it was replaced by the 747 that George Bush Sr. used.

If anybody in your family is a car buff I also highly recommend the Peterson Car Museum in LA.

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We've been to several presidential libraries, including Rheagan's....but our favorite, so far, is the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, CA. Also, the Sequoia Nation Forest is a great place to visit.

I love the drive from LA to San Diego on the PCH! And don't forget to visit San Juan Capistrano Mission.

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Thanks for the suggestions but I don't think either of us are interested in politics or cars. ;)

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Hey Miz, guess what the last name of the only people to ever escape Alcatraz was?

:icecream

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Maybe I can talk her into San Diego. The Mission and Sea World would be fun. The segment of the PCH I was thinking of was in a National Geographic article. It runs from Morro Bay to Monterrey.

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com...ast-road-trip/

Is Hearst Mansion worth going to?

Or the Wine Train?

http://winetrain.com/

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Hearst Castle is spendy, but I think it is worth it, just visited again a few months back. Make sure and take the time to walk around the grounds after the tour.