Solvang is a quaint touristy town. It reminded me of my Pennsylvania Dutch grandmother's cooking and all the effort she put into Christmas decorating.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
ADV #96, Muscle Beach AND ADV #95, Pier(ing)
Got to visit Muscle Beach which is adjacent to the Venice Beach Pier. Too bad I didn't have any kids along to go with me on the rollercoasters! But I did see where the work-out equipment was on the beach where some muscley men were working out.
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ADV #86, Tar Pits
LA is so unique, having a geological anomaly right in the middle of a urban, downtown business district!
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
ADV #08, Go for a Hike (32-33)
More hikes in the Redwood National and State Park(s): Hope Creek trail, and Ossagon trail.
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ADV #08, Go for a Hike (27-31)
More hiking the Redwood National and State Park(s): South Fork trail, Drury-Chaney trail, An-Pah Interpretative trail, Founder's Grove Nature Loop trail, and Foothill trail.
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ADV #08, Go for a Hike (22-26)
More hiking in the Redwoods (National and State parks): Revelation trail, Lost Man Creek trail, Yurok Loop trail, Little Bald Hills trail, and the River trail (in Jedediah State Park).
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ADV #08, Go for a Hike (17-21 )
Hikes in the Redwoods: Boy Scout Tree trail, Miner's Ridge trail, James Irvine trail (at Fern Canyon), Davison trail, and the Trestle Loop trail around our campsite at Mill Creek.
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ADV #04, Visit Fern Canyon
Fern Canyon is soooo beautiful! Fun, fun, fun!
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ADV #18, Meet a Redwood Over 1,800 Years Old
This was a tricky adventure because Big Tree (bottom pic) is listed as only 1,500 years old. We asked 1 National Park Ranger, 1 State Park Ranger, and 2 visitor center volunteers, and they said that don't really know where the oldest Redwood is in the parks, and if they did they wouldn't tell us (for it's protection). So the best we could do was at the Founders Tree (top pic) in the Avenue of the Giants, where it is said that trees as old as 2,200 years are found in the same grove.
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ADV #05, Ride Your Bike Through Old Growth Redwoods
The Lost Man Creek Trail (across the street from the elk meadows) is a beautiful wide bike trail through the redwoods.
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ADV #25, Drive Through a Redwood
The woman at the Klamath Tour Thru Tree entrance has been taking people's money for the past 24 years, but I do believe the tree has been there longer.
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ADV #88, Bridge Walker (19-20)
The bridge at Klamath River (where the mama whale was swimming underneath) and a bridge on the Boy Scout Trail in Redwood National / State Park.
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ADV #105, Lighthouse
The lighthouse at Battery Park in Crescent City.
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ADV #92, Oyster Eater
These oysters were breaded and fried at a great local hangout in Crescent City. Yum!
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ADV #107, Welcome to CA
Hwy 101 at the Oregon border. Welcome home!
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ADV #21, See an Elk
We saw some Roosevelt Elk at Elk Meadows in Redwood National & State Park.
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ADV #104, See a Sea Lion
Sea lions at the pier at Crescent City.
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ADV #17, Spot a Whale
It may be an unfortunate situation that this mother whale swam up the Klamath River. She came with her baby, which already turned around and was seen headed north up the coast like the whales are supposed to. They don't know if she has enough food to stay in the river for long.
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