Tag: roadtrip
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Coso Volcanic Field
“Although the youngest eruption was dated at about 40,000 years the robust geothermal system and evidence of a magma reservoir underneath Coso Volcanic Field suggests that future eruptions are likely.”
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BUNNIES!
For over a decade, I have wanted to go to the Bunny Museum. Candace Frazee & Steve Lubanksi started exchanging bunny items as gifts to each other and it eventually grew into a great off the beaten path museum!! It was once run from the home of the owners, but thanks to the greatly deserved…
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Chumash Indian Museum
If you are looking to spend a day on a nice hike in the Thousand Oaks, CA area, partnered with history, the Chumash Museum is your place. Chumash Native Americans lived along the coast of California beginning at about Malibu on the south end. The museum is open to the public on weekends, with weekdays…
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Weekend Trip to Lone Pine, California
A long time ago, Westways Magazine by Auto Club, had an issue dedicated to Highway 395 in California. I became obsessed with it, though it would not be until many years later that I would start to actually explore it. It really does have a lot of stunning scenery all along its length. My recent…
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Manzanar
On a recent road trip up the 395 Highway, I visited Manzanar National Historic Site in Independence, CA. I did not even realize the date let alone that it was an unfortunate date, February 19. On that date in 1942, Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Roosevelt. Japanese Americans were all “relocated” to camps…
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Random Bison
I went to the William S. Hart Park in Newhall, CA to see bison. Years ago, my aunt took me there to see them and I wanted to show them to my boyfriend. It just seems random to me that there is a park with bison just chilling by a senior center. We drove into…
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Pinnacles! Monterey!! Morro Bay!!!
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, my boyfriend Brian & I went on a lil roadtrip. We drove up to Monterey and walked around Cannery Row until the sun went down. I don’t usually go to any pier near where I live, but on trips I don’t mind being touristy. Plus, there are a lot of small…
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Day Trip to San Francisco
I have been to San Francisco many times, but never grow tired of the place. When I went with my family, we stayed at da Vinci Villa for one night. It had been upgraded and we were eager to check it out. It was generally fine, but the walls were definitely thin, but that isn’t…
Dart and Map 