Daytrippen.com https://www.daytrippen.com/ Your Trip Starts Here Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:20:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.daytrippen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-logo-trip-32x32.jpg Daytrippen.com https://www.daytrippen.com/ 32 32 208753596 A Day at Trees of Mystery: Classic Northern California Roadside Attraction https://www.daytrippen.com/trees-mystery-northern-california-roadside-attraction/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:45:42 +0000 https://www.daytrippen.com/?p=967 Trees of Mystery: Highway 101 Redwoods, SkyTrail, and Paul Bunyan Drive north on Highway 101 through Del Norte County, and you cannot miss them. A 49-foot-2-inch statue of Paul Bunyan and a 35-foot Babe the Blue Ox stand at the edge of the highway in Klamath, waving traffic into one of California’s longest-running roadside attractions. […]

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]]> 8052 Cultural Court Statues Little Saigon Westminster California https://www.daytrippen.com/cultural-court-statues-little-saigon-westminster-california/ https://www.daytrippen.com/cultural-court-statues-little-saigon-westminster-california/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:06:09 +0000 https://www.daytrippen.com/southern-cal/?p=1654 Cultural Court Statues, Little Saigon Little Saigon cultural court statues haven’t entirely disappeared. They used to stop people mid-stride. Seventy-two pale statues stood in different poses behind a Westminster shopping center, lined up between a grocery loading dock and a housing tract. It was an odd setting for a civic art garden, and that oddness […]

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]]> https://www.daytrippen.com/cultural-court-statues-little-saigon-westminster-california/feed/ 8 1654 Green Valley Lake Day Trip: San Bernardino Mountains, California https://www.daytrippen.com/green-valley-lake-san-bernardino-mountains-day-trip/ https://www.daytrippen.com/green-valley-lake-san-bernardino-mountains-day-trip/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:42:52 +0000 https://www.daytrippen.com/southern-cal/?p=326 Green Valley Lake Day Trip Guide High in the San Bernardino Mountains, Green Valley Lake is a nine-acre alpine lake that still feels like a secret. It sits in a small mountain community between Running Springs and Big Bear, far enough off Highway 18 that weekend crowds stay lighter than they do at the better-known […]

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]]> https://www.daytrippen.com/green-valley-lake-san-bernardino-mountains-day-trip/feed/ 5 326 Vietnamese Gate Little Saigon Fast and Furious Location https://www.daytrippen.com/vietnamese-gate-little-saigon/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:32:50 +0000 https://www.daytrippen.com/southern-cal/?p=1645 Vietnamese Gate Little Saigon Fast and Furious Location The red-roofed arch on Bolsa Avenue still marks the street where Johnny Tran’s crew rides into frame. If you know the original 2001 Fast and Furious film, you already know this arch. The red-roofed Vietnamese Gate on Bolsa Avenue is the landmark Dom Toretto and Brian O’Conner […]

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]]> 1645 Southern California Desert Day Trips: Parks, Ghost Towns & Hidden Stops https://www.daytrippen.com/amazing-southern-california-desert-day-trip-ideas/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:33:36 +0000 https://www.daytrippen.com/?p=32194 Southern California Desert Adventures Discover the beauty of California’s desert regions with these unique trip ideas. When people think of Southern California, they usually envision its stunning beaches, incredible amusement parks, and vibrant cities. Often overlooked by tourists, the desert regions of Southern California are home to two national parks, Death Valley and Joshua Tree, […]

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]]> 32194 Tanaka Farms Orange County Family Day Trip: Tractor Tours & Events https://www.daytrippen.com/tanaka-farms-u-pick-tours-irvine-day-trip/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:34:06 +0000 https://www.daytrippen.com/southern-cal/?p=1160 Plan a Day at Tanaka Farms, Irvine, California A working farm still sits inside Irvine, and that is the surprise that makes Tanaka Farms worth the drive. On about 30 acres along University Drive, the Tanaka family grows strawberries, tomatoes, melons, pumpkins, and other seasonal crops while running tractor tours that let you walk the […]

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]]> 1160 Alcatraz Island Day Trip: Tickets, Tours, and How to Visit The Rock https://www.daytrippen.com/alcatraz-island-day-trip/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:31:26 +0000 https://www.daytrippen.com/?p=1035 Alcatraz Island Ferry Tickets, Tours, and What to Expect From the Embarcadero, Alcatraz looks close enough to swim to. That is the point. For three decades, the island sat in the middle of San Francisco Bay as a federal penitentiary built to hold people the system wanted isolated. Cold water, strong currents, and a short […]

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]]> 1035 Live Oak Canyon Fall Harvest Festival Guide (SoCal’s Largest Pumpkin Patch) https://www.daytrippen.com/live-oak-canyon-pumpkin-patch-redlands-for-fall-fun/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:21:22 +0000 https://www.daytrippen.com/?p=31087 Live Oak Canyon Pumpkin Patch: Hours, Costs, Attractions & Tips Fall in the Inland Empire has a clear landmark: Live Oak Canyon Pumpkin Farm in Redlands. This working farm hosts Southern California’s largest pumpkin patch and turns harvest season into a full festival, with more than 70 rides, games, and attractions, a huge petting zoo, […]

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