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Contents 1 peace symbols 2 ships 3 beaches 4 Michigan 4.1 Royal Oak 4.2 Lighthouses of Michigan 5 Death Valley 5.1 trip planning 6 Ghost Towns 6.1 links 6.2 Rhyolite, Nev. 6.3 Goldfield 7 'Anza-Borrego 8 San Diego 8.1 East County 8.2 Beaches 8.3 North County 8.4 Old Town 8.5 Ramona 9 Los Angeles 10 Santa Barbara 11 Nevada 12 Utah 13 other places

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

Suisun Bay http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&om=1&ll=38.068095,-122.097834&spn=0.004274,0.006759&t=h&z=17

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

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

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

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

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

map

'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

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 http://www.carlsbadca.gov/parks/carrillo/ http://carrillo-ranch.org/

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

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

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

Santa Barbara getaway might be cheaper than you think. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080831/news_1t31sbm.html

Nevada

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

the Wave http://www.zionnational-park.com/coyote-buttes-paria.htm

other places

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

• http://www.felicity.us/center.html
• http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=The+Official+Center+of+the+World&sll=32.749095,-114.759675&sspn=0.004566,0.006759&ie=UTF8&ll=32.755123,-114.766231&spn=0.009131,0.013518&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A&om=0