Lone Pine was founded in the 1880s to provide provisions to the local miners. The Carson Colorado Railroad, which serviced the Owens Valley, dropped off supplies and picked up produce grown in the surrounding farms and orchards. After the water was diverted to the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, … [Read more...]
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Placerville Day Trip California Gold Country
Situated along a picturesque stretch of highway that cuts through the Sierra foothills outside Sacramento and in the heart of the gold country is the City of Placerville, the seat of El Dorado County. Located at 2,000' elevation and capturing the spirit of The California Gold Rush, Placerville … [Read more...]
San Clemente State Park Camping Reservations
San Clemente State Park is famous for its daily and overnight beach camping trips. The beach is located about a mile south of San Clemente Pier. Locals would like to keep this place to themselves, but the state of California has provided plenty of parking space so we can all enjoy this wonderful … [Read more...]
San Francisco Ferry Building Day Trip
The San Francisco Ferry Building is a San Francisco landmark and can be found on the National Register of Historic Places. Since its beginning, the ferry building and terminal have seen many changes. The most significant change was when bridges were constructed for railway traffic, which … [Read more...]
Carson City Day Trip Things To Do
Carson City makes a great day trip from Reno. A short 30-minute drive takes you to the capital of Nevada, a modest town named after the famous legendary trapper, scout, and explorer, Kit Carson. Steeped in history, Carson City sits on the eastern edge of the Carson Range, a branch of the Sierra … [Read more...]
Day Trip To Sausalito from San Francisco
Sausalito is located at the northern end of the Golden Gate Bridge. After the gold rush, a community was formed led by commercial fishermen and wealthy yachting enthusiasts. By the 1870s, the North Pacific Coast Railroad connected the town to San Francisco. Before the bridge was built, the town … [Read more...]
Olvera Street Los Angeles Day Trip
Olvera Street is truly a magical place nestled among the skyscrapers, condominiums, lofts, restaurants, bars, and clubs is a landmark that still retains its authentic charm and truly captures the essence of what LA used to look like years ago. It's nice to know that some cultural and historical … [Read more...]
Lake Mead Day Trip From Las Vegas
Lake Mead is about a thirty-minute drive from the Las Vegas Strip. If this is your first visit, you should stop at the visitor center at the corner of Great Basin Highway and Lakeshore Drive. Here, you can pick up maps, ask questions, and get directions to the attractions of the lake. There is … [Read more...]
Cold Springs Tavern Santa Barbara Day Trip
Cold Springs Tavern is a historic watering hole off Highway 154 in Santa Barbara County. To visit the landmark tavern, you must take a short detour along Stagecoach Road. When you arrive at the old roadhouse, you will know the detour was well worth it. Before Highway 101 was built, San Marcos … [Read more...]
Yanks Air Museum Day Trip Chino California
Yanks Air Museum is perfect for those that can't get enough of those magnificent men and their flying machines. Over 200 historic aircraft from the early days of flight to modern-day aircraft are displayed here. The west hanger houses 37 aircraft, several vehicles, military armament, and aviation … [Read more...]
Arroyo Grande Central Coast Day Trip Things To Do
Arroyo Grande, meaning "Big River," is one of the Five Cities on the Central Coast. Pismo Beach, Oceano, Grover Beach, and Shell Beach make up the other four. The Chumash Indians were the first people to have inhabited the area back when they conducted trade with other Indian tribes just south of … [Read more...]
San Diego North County Day Trips
San Diego North County is known for its expansive beaches, and open spaces, San Diego's North County stretches from Del Mar to Oceanside. San Diego's north county coastline is a thread of charming coastal communities nestled between pristine natural preserves and unique attractions. For outdoor … [Read more...]
Prizm Outlets Primm Nevada
Prizm Outlets, formerly the Fashion Outlets of Las Vegas, are located in Primm, Nevada, only steps from California. This outlet mall used to offer over 370,000 square feet of shopping, dining, and entertainment adjacent to Primm Valley Resort and Casino. Nevada residents make the journey to visit … [Read more...]
Walt Disney Museum San Francisco Day Trip
A day trip to the Walt Disney Family Museum is undoubtedly enough of an activity for a day trip the whole family will enjoy. The Walt Disney Family Museum encompasses three renovated buildings at the Presidio in San Francisco. It is not owned by the Disney theme park giant but by a group of Walt … [Read more...]
Mount Wilson Observatory Day Trip
Perched 5,700 feet on the Mount Wilson summit among the San Gabriel Mountains near Pasadena, northeast of Los Angeles, is the Mount Wilson Observatory. Home to two historically essential telescopes, which have played a vital role in modern astronomy, the Observatory was founded in the early 1900s by … [Read more...]
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