Visiting Los Angeles, The City of Stars California Our First Visit to the City of Stars October 5, 2023 1.99 mi 0:49:59 hrs 86 °F On our first day in Los Angeles, we started with the must-see attractions in Hollywood, Los Angeles’s famous neighborhood. We started at the Griffith Observatory to see the fantastic views […]
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Channel Islands National Park California Day 3 – Exploring the Wild Beauty of Santa Cruz A Day on Santa Cruz and Beyond We sailed again to Channel Islands National Park, this time to Santa Cruz, the park’s largest island. This time, the fog and rough waves made it difficult to spot any ocean wildlife, but
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Mission San Fernando Rey de España California A Visit to Mission San Fernando Rey de España Mission San Fernando Rey de España, a Spanish mission in Los Angeles, was founded on 8 September 1797, the seventeenth of the twenty-one Spanish missions along the El Camino Real.The mission was a large, thriving agricultural center, producing several
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Ventura, A Beautiful Gem in Southern California California Ventura, A Beautiful Gem in Southern California October 3, 2023 1.48 mi 0:41:42 hrs 72 °F One of our destinations while staying in Thousand Oaks, CA was Ventura, CA. Ventura is also nicknamed the Whispered Secret of Southern California. Its downtown area had indeed a friendly, small-town
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Channel Islands National Park California Day 2 – An Unforgettable Voyage to Santa Rosa Island A Tale of Whales We had booked the Island Packers ferry to the Channel Islands National Park, to Santa Rosa Island, on this beautiful day. Sailing to the island was an unexpected sea safari, and it was the most incredible
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Our Introduction to Channel Islands National Park California Learning About Channel Islands NP Our first introduction to Channel Islands National Park was at the Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center in Ventura, CA. As always, the center proved to be the necessary starting point for exploring Channel Islands National Park, also referred to as “America’s Galapagos.”
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San Buenaventura Mission California The San Buenaventura Mission, Ventura’s Timeless Treasure The oldest building in Ventura, CA, is San Buenaventura Mission, a historic Spanish mission founded in 1782. It is one of the 21 California missions the Spanish built in Alta California, along the El Camino Real from San Diego to Sonoma.The architecture, with its
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Our Stay in Visalia, CA California Visalia, Our Central Valley Home Base September 26, 2023 4.31 mi 1:28:38 hrs 79 °F We chose charming Visalia, California, the oldest town in the San Joaquin Valley, as our home base for exploring Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks. Our Airbnb was on the edge of town, surrounded
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Sequoia & Kings Canyon NPS – Day 3 California Hiking the Hidden Gem of Marble Falls Trail On our last visit to Sequoia National Park, we saw no Sequoia trees but hiked one of the park’s hidden gems, the Marble Falls Trail. Along the way, we enjoyed the varied scenery of the Sierra Nevada foothills.
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Sequoia & Kings Canyon NPS – Day 2 California A Visit to Kings Canyon NP Entrance Kings Canyon Kings Canyon Visitor Center We continued our visit to the Sierra Nevada’s towering forests, arriving at Kings Canyon National Park via E Kings Canyon Road. We marked our entry with a photo and then made a quick
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