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SALSA
FESTIVAL OXNARD
Hot Music and Cool Latin Breezes on California Coast
For
the 15th year hot Latin Jazz non-stop Salsa Daning and Salsa Tasting
weekend in the cooling ocean breeze of summer on the
California Coast! Easy to get to and easy to enjoy. Salsa
Festival
MAGIC CASTLE
AND HOTEL
What's the secret of seeing Hollywood magic?
Hollywood's
Magic Castle is maze of mystery chambers, spooky secret passages where
after a sumptuous supper, visitors are treated to magic shows, but as a
private club, how does a traveling tourist get in? Magic
Castle
Golden
Getaways: California Hotels from $95
SACRAMENTO
WINE TOURS
A New Company in Town
Over
200 wineries are now within 60 miles the California State Capital.
Wine fans visiting
Northern California can now enjoy tasting tours at the area's most
popular wineries from limousine comfort with new tour company,
Sacramento Wine and Nightlife Tours. Sacramento
Wine
CALAVERAS
SIERRA WINE TASTING
Liquid Gold in California’s Gold Country
Sierra
Foothills wine growing Calaveras County offers wine tasting, art,
live entertainment
and gold rush era history with romantic historic Bed and Breakfasts
and scenic drives. Sierra
Wine Tasting
MONTEREY
BAY AQUARIUM
Sea Life on Cannery Row
Vast
windows into the depths of a million gallon artficial ocean where
sharks and stingrays lurk.
Three stories high kelp forest of sea perch and hifting
iridescent
colors
of flaoting
jelly fish like living art. The Monterey Bay Aquarium
is one of the best of its kind in the world. Monterey
Bay
SAN FRANCISCO'S FISHERMAN'S
WHARF
Best
things to do on the famous wharf by the Bay
If
you're taking a trip to San Francisco you’re
going to The Wharf. There are many things to do in the city of cable
cars that go halfway to the stars, but the number one tourist destination
and symbol of the city’s
identity is the Fisherman’s Wharf. SF
Fisherman's Wharf
KAUTZ IRONSTONE VINEYARDS
Wine Tasting Entertainment Park In Sierra Nevada
Going
beyond the simple wine tasting room, Ironstone Vineyards is an entertainment
destination for wine lovers and the whole family -
wine caves, gold panning and musical amphitheater, the largest winery
entertainment complex in the state. Ironstone
Murphys
SHORE CLIFF LODGE
Romantic Ocean View Hotel at Pismo Beach
Sunset
ocean views from the balcony of every room at the Best Western Shore
Cliff Lodge in Pismo Beach and Mo's best BBQ in this iconclastic Pacific
beach town halfway between LA and San Francisco. Shore
Cliff
CASTLE
AIR MUSEUM
Incredible Collection of WWII and Cold War Era Aircraft
The
Castle Air Museum presents an amazing collection of WWII, Korea
and Cold War era aircraft, displayed in a peaceful park like setting in central
California outside of Merced on Highway 99. Castle
Air Museum
TALKING HOUSES OF CARSON
CITY
Kit Carson Trail in Nevada’s State Capital
Walk
the historic district of Carson City and the houses
will speak to you like ghosts from the past. From
the
house used for filming John Wayne’s last
movie “The Shootist” to the Nevada
State Museum. Carson
City
JAMESTOWN MOVIE
STEAM TRAIN
California Gold Country Movie History
Seen
in countless
movies and TV shows, for anyone who loves movies and has a child’s
excitement at the steam jet clank of a locomotive chugging upgrade,
a visit to
this cultural icon of film and rail history should be mandatory. Jamestown
Steam Trains
JUST
US GHOSTS
Sierra Sky Ranch Haunted Hotel in Southern Sierra Nevada
Awakened
from a deep slepp to find two young children staring at you, you think
for a moment that people in hotels should keep better watch over their
children. Then
you look again and they're not there! Sierra
Sky
LIKE PATTON
TOOK PALERMO
Tank Warfare Museum In
the California Desert
The
George Patton Memorial Tank Warfare Museum 45 minutes from
Palm Springs
on I10. Where General Patton trained his 7th Army armored corps
before setting off to North Africa. Patton
Tank Warfare
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