California Travel

California Road Trips

GrobeTrek — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:37:16 +0000

If you HAD to choose a single state i which to do your next road trip, my guess is that we could get most people to agree on just two or three. The Los Angeles Times, California's home paper (and probably the third best appear in the country) has put together a fine list of road trip destinations within the state.

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California Road Trips

Backpacker Podcasts

GrobeTrek — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 17:49:16 +0000

Filed under: Hiking, Learning, Business, Podcasts For those who like their podcasts raw, but directly from the source, Backpacker Magazine is now offering a series of podcasts wherein the magazine's Rocky Mountain editor Steve Howe blabs about his experiences hiking the Sierra High Route in California.

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Backpacker Podcasts

Luxury Camping in the Sierras

GrobeTrek — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:13:29 +0000

Filed under: Hiking, United States, Camping A couple of months ago I had the wonderful pleasure of backpacking in California's Sierras Nevadas. Susan Spano of the Los Angeles Times recently hiked just 1 1/2 miles in the High Sierras to spend a couple of nights at the Sequoia High Sierra Camp. Luxury in the High Sierras doesn't come cheap, however.

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Luxury Camping in the Sierras

Climbing Fire Towers in So Cal

GrobeTrek — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:46:28 +0000

To wit: I just came across this article in the LA Times about a writer who spent time checking out the fire towers in and around both the Sierras and the San Bernardino National Forest.

Turns out that the towers are operated by the National Forest Service and most, says the article, are open to visitors.

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Climbing Fire Towers in So Cal

Arnold Loves Butts

GrobeTrek — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:02:53 +0000

The tabloid publisher, American Media, paid Thomas Wells $2,000 for a copy of the video and crafted an agreement whereby Wells would not discuss the existence of the tape.

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Arnold Loves Butts

Multicultural Fresno

GrobeTrek — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:47:22 +0000

Filed under: Cultures, United States I just got back from a weekend in Fresno, California. Ordinarily, Fresno is a place you pass through on the way to the western side of the Sierra Nevadas. I've posted before about Fresno and how it is often ridiculed as an armpit of California by those who don't bother to stop and check it out.

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Multicultural Fresno

Backpacking in California's Sierras

GrobeTrek — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:03:49 +0000

One member of our party even felt so bad he hiked out in the morning (which is the best cure for altitude sickness, a disease that can actually be fatal in extreme cases). I must be getting old because even though altitude sickness can kick in at 8,000 feet, 11,000 feet still isn't very high.

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Backpacking in California's Sierras

LA City Pass

GrobeTrek — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:13:10 +0000

Filed under: Business, North America, United States Are you one of those people (and I've met several since moving to New York) that have NEVER been to California? But that pretty much is the way I look at the world sometimes. Anyway, those folks I know who have never been to California ceaselessly tell me how much they want to visit Hollywood.

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LA City Pass

Summer at the Ski Resorts

GrobeTrek — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 18:41:48 +0000

This piece in CNN takes a look at what some of the resorts are doing this summer to provide opportunities for mountain bikers, campers, fisher folk, golfers, horseback riders, et al. The piece covers most of the big ski states like Colorado, Utah and California and does justice to most of the areas providing this kind of fun.

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Summer at the Ski Resorts

Paper Source: Cool and Hip Stationery

GrobeTrek — Thu, 11 May 2006 18:22:17 +0000

Waste Not Paper has great stationery.

Retail shoppers can check out Paper Source.

So far Paper Source has stores in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, and Washington D.C. Check out their workshops where they teach you how to make albums, boxes, wedding invitations, the perfect guestbook, and more.

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Paper Source: Cool and Hip Stationery

top: Rule Britannia, Rule Brooklyn.

GrobeTrek — Thu, 11 May 2006 18:22:15 +0000

In honor of the event, Cunard and the city invited local dignitaries and a few press dweebs to check out the $52 million terminal, which is efficient and clean but generally free of amenities, and then have a tour of the gazillion-dollar ship.

They don't let you gamble your money away until you're on the high seas, so save it for now.

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top: Rule Britannia, Rule Brooklyn.

Useful information on Ski Vacation Resorts T to W

GrobeTrek — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:05:13 +0000

Tennessee Ski Vacations Located near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Ober Gatlinburg is the only ski resort in the state. It is a complete family vacation spot with an amusement park, indoor ice skating, a bungee tower, an alpine slide, and many other activities and attractions - there is something to please everyone.

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Useful information on Ski Vacation Resorts T to W

Eagle Hatches on Santa Cruz

GrobeTrek — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:05:08 +0000

Remember, Santa Cruz is one of several islands that make up the Channel Islands off the coast of California, about 20 miles from Ventura, and I've posted about them several times before because, well, they're a great place to go and hang out on a lazy California weekend, and b) the paddling around Santa Cruz itself is superb.

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Eagle Hatches on Santa Cruz

Cheap California Vacation Packages With Orbitz

GrobeTrek — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:33:08 +0000

Head on west with Orbitz' excellent deals to California.

There's never a shortage of places to go or things to do in the Golden State. Feel glamorous in L.A., be charmed by the City by the Bay, enjoy the sun in San Diego, or hit the links in Palm Springs. Ride a cable car, windsurf the Golden Gate, scribble poetry in a North beach cafe.

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Cheap California Vacation Packages With Orbitz

Differences Cycling in Vietnam and Cambodia in 1993 and 2006

GrobeTrek — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:33:06 +0000

They wanted me to bring them home with me We took the midnight train from Saigon to Nha Trang (12 hours) We shlepped our luggage and the bikes through a sea of humanity (including beggars, pimps and vendors of everything) and threw our bikes through the windows of the train.

The next day we could ride from 15 to 37 miles.

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Differences Cycling in Vietnam and Cambodia in 1993 and 2006