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| + | Leo Carrillo Ranch Historic Park, owned and operated by the city of Carlsbad, isn't just a 27-acre vestige of Carrillo's original 3,000-acre spread preserved for today's suburbanites to stroll around. It's also a place where a dedicated group of aficionados keeps his legacy alive. This month, for instance, it's home to a film festival showing the venerated actor's films. Best known as a co-star of the popular TV series “The Cisco Kid,” Carrillo was a civic activist who helped the state acquire such parkland as Hearst Castle, near San Simeon. http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/sep/13/pancho-would-be-so-proud/?northcounty | ||
| In Rancho Carrillo, a romance with California's past. Actor Leo Carrillo's Spanish-style rancho is still the centerpiece of the Carlsbad neighborhood. A rural feel, including trails, adds to the charm. http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-guide13-2008dec13,0,5634905.story http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-guide13-2008dec13-pg,0,3213586.photogallery | In Rancho Carrillo, a romance with California's past. Actor Leo Carrillo's Spanish-style rancho is still the centerpiece of the Carlsbad neighborhood. A rural feel, including trails, adds to the charm. http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-guide13-2008dec13,0,5634905.story http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-guide13-2008dec13-pg,0,3213586.photogallery | ||
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peace symbols
Rota’s peace sign seen from space on Google Earth. Satellite captured symbol that appeared only briefly years ago.
- http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=35005&archive=true
- http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=Rota+peace+sign&ie=UTF8&mrt=kmlkmz&ll=36.668694,-6.349411&spn=0.069671,0.108147&t=h&z=13&iwloc=C&om=0
peace symbol near Death Valley http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=36.388767++-117.634028&ie=UTF8&ll=36.388763,-117.634027&spn=0.002319,0.00397&t=h&z=18&om=0
ships
beaches
Cruising the Coast: SoCal Beaches. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/photography/la-ph-beaches-sg,0,1744568.gallery
Southern California Beach Guide. A complete rundown of all the best spots for sand and sun in our area, from Santa Barbara to Ventura and beyond. http://www.latimes.com/theguide/outdoors/la-california-beach-guide-gallery,0,3331356.storygallery
Michigan
Royal Oak
Royal Oak Woman's Club http://www.royaloakwomansclub.org/Events/HomeGardenTour_2008.html
Lighthouses of Michigan
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080520/SPECIAL01/80519001/1044
Death Valley
Boy dies after getting stranded in Death Valley. http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/aug/07/us-death-valley-fatality-080709/?california&zIndex=145749
Death Valley National Park: A Land of Extremes. http://www.nps.gov/deva/
The Furnace Creek Inn & Ranch Resort is situated in a lush oasis surrounded by the vast and arid desert of Death Valley National Park, California - just 120 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada and 275 miles northeast of Los Angeles, California. This is one resort with two hotels - the historic, 4-diamond, 66 room Furnace Creek Inn and the more family oriented 224 room Furnace Creek Ranch. https://www.furnacecreekresort.com/
Suspicious fire guts Manson's remote Death Valley hide-out. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/05/manson-hideout-in-death-valley-burns-down.html
Way cool: Death Valley National Park charms families. Ghost towns, sand dunes and bizarre attractions are found a few hours outside of Los Angeles. http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-deathvalley13-2008may13
trip planning
route
http://www.goldennugget.com/home.asp
Stop by the Pahrump Valley Chamber of Commerce and pick up maps and brochures to plan your excursions. The Chamber is located on the second floor of the Nevada State Bank building (across the street from Saddle West). Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. (Closed Sundays & holidays.) Call 866-722-5800 toll-free, or 775-727-5800 while in Pahrump. The Amargosa River Basin section begins near Beatty, Nevada and ends in Death Valley National Park, California. The Las Vegas Area section begins on the north side of the Spring Mountains Range and continues east to Red Rock Canyon just west of Las Vegas. http://www.pahrumpchamber.com/visitorinformation/tripsonatankful.html
Tonopah Historic Mining Park http://www.tonopahhistoricminingpark.com/
Phoenix Inn. http://www.atomic-inn.com/accommodations/
Longstreet Inn & Casino. http://www.longstreetcasino.com/index.html
Welcome to Xanterra Parks & Resorts. http://www.xanterra.com/
Western Wanderer offers complete camping sets for different types of camping trips. These sets contain everything you need to go camping. http://www.westernwanderer.com/campinggearrentals/index.html
Las Vegas Greyhound station http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=200+S+MAIN+ST+Las+Vegas,+NV+89101&sll=32.808875,-116.926773&sspn=0.009504,0.013111&ie=UTF8&ll=36.170603,-115.144615&spn=0.004564,0.006555&t=h&z=17
San Diego Las Vegas https://www.greyhound.com/home/ticketcenter/en/step1.asp
things to see
Las Vegas Monorail http://www.lvmonorail.com/
Pinball Hall of Fame. http://www.pinballmuseum.org/
LAS VEGAS SPRINGS PRESERVE http://www.springspreserve.org/html/home.html http://www.vegas4locals.com/freespringspreserve.html
Neon Museum. http://www.lvrj.com/news/56315912.html http://www.neonmuseum.org/tours.html
Open to the public daily, The Auto Collections is one of the top tourist stops in Las Vegas as it features hundreds of automotive treasures from the past. One never knows what they will be seeing when they visit the world's largest and finest classic car showroom. Visitors could see up close and personal, Johnny Carson's 1939 Chrysler Royal Sedan which he drove to his high school senior prom or "Eleanor" the 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback used in the movie "Gone in Sixty Seconds". http://autocollections.com/
Ghost Towns
Gold Point: the Nevada ghost town that wouldn't die. The old mining town is 3 hours away from Las Vegas, which makes it good for a day trip or an overnight in a cabin. http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-vegas4may04
links
Calico Ghost town. http://www.calicotown.com/ http://latenightcoffeeshops.blogspot.com/2008/04/down-every-road.html
Ghost Town: The Bumpy Road To Bodie. http://latenightcoffeeshops.blogspot.com/2009/06/ghost-town-bumpy-road-to-bodie.html
http://www.homeofourfathers.com/lisbeth/historicaldestinations.htm
Death Valley struggles to make abandoned mines safe. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mines6-2008nov06,0,5534830.story
Ghost towns are prevalent in the West with 100 to more than 200 per state, but even states in the Midwest and some in the East have between 10 to 100 ghost towns apiece, said Todd Underwood of Prescott, Ariz., who hosts a Web site for ghost towners, ghosttowns.com. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080810/news_1t10ghostm.html
http://www.ghosttownexplorers.org/ghostdes.htm#Baby
Rhyolite, Nev.
http://www.rhyolitesite.com/index.html
http://www.nps.gov/deva/historyculture/rhyolite-ghost-town.htm
Goldfield
http://www.accessesmeralda.com/Goldfield.htm
California
General
Automotive Museums in the Southwest. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/automobiles/collectibles/20-museums-southwest.html
Road trips from SoCal: California. http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-trw-roadtrip2,0,7836642.htmlstory http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-trw-caroadtrip-pg,0,5191255.photogallery?83
10. Mojave art on the rocks, LITTLE PETROGLYPH CANYON, Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, Near Ridgecrest, Kern County. No one knows for sure who decorated Little Petroglyph Canyon with images out of a dreamscape, some thought to be more than 10,000 years old. Or why the basalt walls of a narrow wash in the bone-dry Coso Mountains at the northern edge of the Mojave became a magic canvas for flocks of bighorn sheep, hunters with bows and arrows poised and more. But the area is probably the richest Amerindian rock-art site in the hemisphere. To see the canyon, you must contact the Navy base or join a tour offered by Maturango Museum. It's a rough 40-mile drive to the trail head, followed by a hike and a scramble along the canyon. Visits only in spring and fall. Info: Maturango Museum, 100 E. Las Flores Ave., Ridgecrest, CA 93555; (760) 375-6900, www.maturango.org. Private tours through the Naval Air Weapons Station, (760) 939-1683. http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-cabest18nov18?page=2
ultimate guide. http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-trw-ultimateguide,0,5828281.special
Northern
Lava Beds National Monument: underground cave exploration. http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-lavabed23-2008nov23
Eastern Sierras
Laws. FLASH! The Museum will be offering demonstration rides on the 1927 Death Valley Railroad Car starting May 24 and 25th and again on Independence Day weekend, and Labor Day weekend, and other times as warranted. Fare will be $3 per person, children under 13 free when accompanied by an adult. http://lawsmuseum.org/special_events.htm
Going Down the Road. This is a series of interactive maps that revisit some of the states and landmarks in the American Guide Series of books, produced during the Great Depression by the Federal Writers’ Project. Writers and photographers were dispatched to outposts and urban areas to create the guide, which has become part of the canon of American travel writing. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/10/14/us/20081014-wpa-calif-map.html?ref=us
Riverside County
Western Center for Archaeology & Paleontology. http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/apr/19/mz1t19showle19717-you-can-see-ice-age-exhibits-and/?uniontrib http://westerncentermuseum.org/
Anza-Borrego
'Anza-Borrego: A Photographic Journey' celebrates the desert park in images http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-book6apr06?parent=palm-springs&type=destinations
San Diego
East County
Running out of gas in undiscovered East County. Summer 2008 may be remembered as a season of disappointment, when gasoline prices topped $4 a gallon, energy market distortions spilled over into grocery prices, and families had to give up expensive vacation plans. How sad. Summer 2008 may be remembered fondly as the time we discovered the East County we thought we knew but seldom stopped to enjoy. “Staycation”, enjoying inexpensive outings close to home, has leapt into our vocabulary. How nice. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080531/news_lz1ez31gas.html
Beaches & Rivers
River parks. http://www.examiner.com/x-10586-La-Mesa-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m9d9-River-parks
Kate Sessions Memorial Park Trailhead: Northeastern edge of park grounds, behind playground area. Park in the lot east on Park Drive off Soledad Road. Length: About 2 miles round trip Difficulty: Easy to moderate Hours: Dawn to dusk daily Cost: Free http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20081016/news_lz1cz16hike.html
North County
Leo Carrillo Ranch Historic Park, owned and operated by the city of Carlsbad, isn't just a 27-acre vestige of Carrillo's original 3,000-acre spread preserved for today's suburbanites to stroll around. It's also a place where a dedicated group of aficionados keeps his legacy alive. This month, for instance, it's home to a film festival showing the venerated actor's films. Best known as a co-star of the popular TV series “The Cisco Kid,” Carrillo was a civic activist who helped the state acquire such parkland as Hearst Castle, near San Simeon. http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/sep/13/pancho-would-be-so-proud/?northcounty
In Rancho Carrillo, a romance with California's past. Actor Leo Carrillo's Spanish-style rancho is still the centerpiece of the Carlsbad neighborhood. A rural feel, including trails, adds to the charm. http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-guide13-2008dec13,0,5634905.story http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-guide13-2008dec13-pg,0,3213586.photogallery
Leo Carrillo Ranch Historic Park http://www.carlsbadca.gov/parks/carrillo/ http://carrillo-ranch.org/
National City
National City on splendid display
The very year, 1868, that Alonzo E. Horton was founding New Town San Diego – today's downtown – Frank Kimball and his brothers were founding National City. They bought the old 26,632-acre Rancho de la Nación, a grazing ground in Mexican days, for $30,000 (just over $1 per acre, three times what Horton paid per acre) and set about founding industries and community institutions. To celebrate the founding days, local history buffs Marilyn Carnes and Matthew Nye assembled dozens of old photos into “Images of America: Early National City,” the latest in Arcadia Publishing's paperbacks on San Diego places. The Kimballs left New Hampshire in 1861 and settled in Oakland, where they were active in Civil War-era construction. With post-war prospects booming and propelled by the completion of the transcontinental railroad, they moved to San Diego. They established a lumberyard, built homes and farms and in the 1870s Frank was instrumental in enticing the extension of railroad service to San Diego with National City as the terminus. Before the boom of the 1880s went bust, Frank's net worth soared to $1.4 million, the equivalent of $30 million in today's money by one measurement. In the downturn, he lost everything and had to live in an apartment and, at age 70, make a living through manual labor, the authors said. But the Kimballs left behind stately mansions, some economic engines of growth and a heritage of philanthropy. Among the interesting photos in the book, well explained in lengthy captions, are such early businesses as Gus E. Schwenke's shoe store (the line of boots and shoes resemble today's shoe lineups in department stores); the Otay Watch Works, operated for only eight months in 1890, its first edition of 1,200 watches named the “Frank Kimball”; and impressive Victorian homes, some of which are still knockouts today. The Arcadia books on San Diego-area places and subjects are available at many local bookstores. Information: arcadiapublishing.com http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20081123/news_1h23porch1.html
Welcome to the Stein Family Farm! http://www.thesteinfamilyfarm.org/
Balboa Park
photo guide to Balboa Park's Desert Garden. http://www.balboapark.org/files/152/Desert%20Garden%20Map.pdf
Old Town
Business goes south for Delaware North. Old Town concession holder can't match Powers' success. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080927-9999-1n27oldtown.html
Ramona
A way of life slips out of range. Steve Tellam is a relic: a full-time cowboy in San Diego County. He says the business won’t last into the next generation. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cowboy30-2009mar30,0,1509558.story
French settlers made their mark on early days of Ramona. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080608/news_lz1mc8wewere.html
An historic treasure of early Western culture can be experienced when you visit the historic Santa Maria Valley and the Guy B. Woodward Museum. Located in Ramona California, a rural country town 37 miles east of San Diego, this complex of historic buildings, including the famous Verlaque House, shops, antique exhibits and special artifacts, will delight the entire family. http://www.woodwardmuseum.org/
Annual air show flies economy this year. Cost of gas means fewer performers. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080601/news_1m1ramona.html
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Urban Rangers go on 'safari' in the city. The unofficial group teaches hikers about the shifting boundary between public and private space. Its latest outing: Malibu shores. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-rangers16-2009aug16,0,5428138.story
Starline Tours. http://www.starlinetours.com/
Coco's Variety Store 2427 Riverside Dr Los Angeles, CA 90039 (323) 664-7400 http://www.cocosvariety.com/
Jeffrey Tambor's Favorite L.A. Weekend. Travel Town http://theguide.latimes.com/Jeffrey_Tambor/lists/175802/jeffrey-tambors-favorite-l-a-weekend
LACMA is located on Wilshire Boulevard between Fairfax and Curson avenues—midway between Downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica. http://www.lacma.org/
Ry Cooder’s American West. http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/travel/23Cooder.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
Griffith Park Trains http://www.gprah.com/index.htm
Griffith Park http://www.lacity.org/rap/dos/parks/griffithpk/attractions.htm
The Santa Monica Pier Aquarium (SMPA) is a marine science aquarium located beach-level, just below the Carousel, at the Santa Monica Pier. http://www.healthebay.org/smpa/about/default.asp
Real People Inhabit Michael Connelly's Fictional L.A. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13897828
Photo Gallery Slideshow. Michael Connelly writes about real places in Los Angeles. Here are a few of the locations mentioned in his books. Click on a picture to start a slideshow and to read the matching excerpt from the book. Most of the photos were taken by author Wendy Werris. http://www.michaelconnelly.com/Photo_Gallery/photo_gallery.html
He’s taking steps, all 4,182 of them. You could climb Mt. Whitney – or, like writer Dan Koeppel, get exercise (and more vertical ascent) on a 16.2-mile ‘walking tour’ of Los Angeles’ outdoor stairs. http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/14/health/he-nustairs14 http://homepage.mac.com/discovolonte/stairs/
Santa Barbara
Sweet, affordable places to sleep in Santa Barbara. What's not to love about Santa Barbara? Except maybe the lodging rates, which means a weekend getaway can cost a pretty penny. http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-sbhotels13?parent=santa-barbara&type=destinations
THE MADONNA INN http://www.madonnainn.com/
Santa Barbara getaway might be cheaper than you think. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080831/news_1t31sbm.html
Arizona
Uncovering Arizona's hidden gems. http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-arizonaroadtrip-pg,0,4479671.photogallery?13
Titan Missile Museum http://www.titanmissilemuseum.org/
Antelope Canyon on the Navajo Reservation in Page, Ariz. http://www.navajonationparks.org/htm/antelopecanyon.htm
La Posada Hotel in Arizona is a train stop with a history lesson. Built along the Santa Fe Railway by the Harvey Co., the building is undergoing a pricey renovation. http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-laposada9-2008nov09?page=1
Nevada
Howard Hughes and the atomic bomb. Why the Central Nevada Test Area conducted only one nuclear test puzzles even the aficionados. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-hometown-nuke28-2009jun28,0,1389110.story
Eldorado Canyon Mine Tours, where they first went to strike gold. The gold mine was active from 1861 to 1941. Now, it attracts about 10,000 people each year. http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-vegas12-2009apr12?page=1
The Road to Area 51. After decades of denying the facility's existence, five former insiders speak out. http://www.latimes.com/la-mag-april052009-backstory,0,786384.story
'Star Trek: The Experience' What? The live-action interactive "experience" opened at the Las Vegas Hilton in 1998 and added the "Borg Invasion 4-D" expansion in 2004. The attraction closed in 2008 due to declining attendance. But it was recently announced that the attraction would reopen at Las Vegas' Neonopolis Mall on May 8 to coincide with the release of the new "Star Trek" movie. When? May 8 http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2009/mar/16/new-life-new-civilizations-coming-neonopolis/
In Las Vegas, 21 ideas -- all under $21. For the budget-minded, the list of free or low-cost events includes Mandalay Bay's weekly blues concert, a carriage ride on Mt. Charleston and dueling piano competitions. http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-vegas21-2008sep21
In the Nevada desert, there's something out there -- the Black Mailbox http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-mailbox21-2008aug21,0,7141274.story
Utah
America’s Outback: Southern Utah. http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/travel/12outback.html
In Utah, a treasure-trove of dinosaurs awaits. Moab, St. George and Provo are just a few of the prime prehistoric spots where ancient fossils are just part of the landscape. http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-dinosaur19-2008oct19
the Wave http://www.zionnational-park.com/coyote-buttes-paria.htm http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=Kanab,+UT+84741+(The+Wave+at+Coyote+Buttes)&geocode=CaX3UmDtS_cAFVMVNAId5tdS-SGe4WjwRcaeNA&dirflg=&saddr=Las+Vegas,+NV&f=d&dq=North+Coyote+Buttes+-+The+Wave&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=35.136115,58.710937&cid=3791685939980984734&ie=UTF8&ll=36.690446,-113.609619&spn=2.224315,3.669434&t=h&z=8
Mexico's Copper Canyon railway
Mexico's Copper Canyon railway. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8206058.stm
other places
ED LEEDSKALNIN'S CORAL CASTLE http://atlasobscura.com/places/ed-leedskalnins-coral-castle http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Coral%20Castle%20%20Homestead&w=all
American Stonehenge: Monumental Instructions for the Post-Apocalypse. http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-05/ff_guidestones?currentPage=1
Stowell family adventures http://www.stowell.org/adventures/adventures.htm
Here are 29 spots for you to consider in 2009, selected by our Travel editors. We picked places near and far because they won't be crowded, they've become more accessible or there's a a compelling reason to go. So take a look--and happy travels. http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-trw-2009spots,0,6782196.special
Your six secret spots. http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-trw-tellus,0,1342714.special
Overlooked attractions in the West. The region is full of overlooked gems, both wonderful and weird. http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-western22-2008jun22
Encountering the Integratron in the Mojave Desert. Three sisters take over the dome in Landers, where therapeutic 'sound baths,' time travel and who knows what else are said to be possible. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-outthere20-2008jun20,0,6416796.story
The Official Center of the World, Felicity California
