California Sunshine
04-13-2006, 04:12 PM
Found this online,thought it was interesting for us Cali people!
#1:Three drive-through redwood trees along Highway 101 between Laytonville and Klamath
#2: A herd of 400 buffalo on Catalina Island
#3: 700 wineries (and counting), according to Wine Spectator's 2000 California wine guide
#4: Some 20,000 gray whales that pass our shores every December-April
#5: Heinhold's First and Last Chance Saloon in Oakland, where Jack London began writing The Sea Wolf and Call of the Wild
#6: Buck Owens' Crystal Palace museum and concert hall in Bakersfield
#7: The 21-foot-tall pink marble pyramid in Felicity, the self-proclaimed Official Center of the World
#8: Cactus King Nursery, Encinitas, the largest retail cactus nursery on the West Coast
#9: Furnace Creek Inn, built in Death Valley in 1927, boasts a spring-fed swimming pool and the lowest grass golf course in the world, 214 feet below
sea level
#10: Big Kitchen Cafe, San Diego, the self-proclaimed center of the universe and where Whoopi Goldberg once washed dishes
#11: About 300 caves in Modoc County's Lava Beds National Monument
#12: 21 shiny locomotives on exhibit at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento
#13: Selma, "Raisin Capital of the World"
#14: 120 miles of horseback riding trails in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
#15: Tien Hau Temple in San Francisco, the oldest Chinese temple in the U.S.
#16: More than 4,000 windmills in San Gorgonio Pass (they produce enough electricity to power Palm Springs and the rest of the Coachella Valley)
#17: Certified farmers' markets in 350 cities and towns
#18: Stockton's Moses Rodgers House, onetime home to a former slave, who was the first to successfully drill for oil in the region
#19: Exeter's giant outdoor murals preserve the city's history and culture
#20: 20 official wildlife viewing areas
#21: The Delta, near Rio Vista, one of the top 12 windsurfing areas in the world, according to aficionados
#22: Birthplace of the African-American holiday Kwanzaa, created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karega, California State University, Long Beach
#23: Vichy Springs Resort & Inn, home to the only naturally carbonated hot springs in North America, near Ukiah
#24: 21 historic missions
#25: 2,500-year-old seagrass specimens at the Antelope Valley Indian Museum, Lancaster
#26: The largest permanent archery range in North America, at the ARCO Olympic Training Center, Chula Vista
#27: Cerro Gordo Mines Ghost Town, near Keeler, once the richest city in the U.S.
#28: St. Helena, western home of the Culinary Institute of America
#29: Gold Mountain Ski Area, near Graeagle, oldest reported sport-skiing area in the western hemisphere
#30: 9,000 barrels of beer a week from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico
#31: The Tomales Bay Oyster Company, shucking Pacifics since 1909
#32: Musso & Frank's Grill, Hollywood's oldest restaurant
#33: Some 26,000 tons of dates, harvested annually in Riverside and Imperial counties
#34: 90 types of mammals
in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, including 10 kinds of bats
#35: 160 rooms and more than 10,000 windows in San Jose's Winchester Mystery House
#36: Doris Day's Cypress Inn in Carmel, where pets are welcome at afternoon tea and overnight
#37: 45 snow resorts offering downhill and cross-country skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, and more
#38: World's tallest living tree (367.5 feet), in the Montgomery Woods State Reserve in Mendocino County
#39: The 20-million-year-old Torrey Sands Cliffs, La Jolla
#40: 2,425 feet of falling water at Yosemite Falls, the longest drop in the United States
#41: 840 species of plants on the Channel Islands, including 20 kinds of lupines
#42: More than 3,500 works by children in the International Child Art Collection, Los Angeles
#43: Huntington Beach, 8.5
miles of uninterrupted strands of pristine beach
#44: Diamond Valley Lake, near Hemet, where more than 70 species of Ice Age fossils were unearthed during excavation
#45: Lunch Box Museum, in Firebaugh, displays 420 American-made metal lunch boxes and more than 300 thermoses. It's the seventh-largest such collection in the world
#46: Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve, Antioch, a labyrinth of tunnels and natural wonders of historic mining district to explore
#47: 20 million acres of National Forest and 50 significant wilderness areas for backpacking
#48: Kaweah Post Office, Tulare, the smallest post office still in operation. Only 10 feet wide, it's state historic landmark 389
#49: California Coastal National Monument, established January 2000, running along the entire California coast and extending out for 12 miles
#50: Ballard Inn, Ballard, chosen by American Historic Inns as one of the top 10 "most romantic inns" in the U.S.
http://www.visitcalifornia.com/state/tourism/tour_htmldisplay.jsp?iOID=18584&sFilePath=/tourism/detail/T_D_AA_50ReasonsToLove.html&sTableName=TOURISM_NAV&BV_SessionID=@@@@1985523609.1144962607@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccdaddhhlffjkmcfngcfkmdffidfog.0&PrimaryCat=Activities+%26+Attractions&sTOURHash=
#1:Three drive-through redwood trees along Highway 101 between Laytonville and Klamath
#2: A herd of 400 buffalo on Catalina Island
#3: 700 wineries (and counting), according to Wine Spectator's 2000 California wine guide
#4: Some 20,000 gray whales that pass our shores every December-April
#5: Heinhold's First and Last Chance Saloon in Oakland, where Jack London began writing The Sea Wolf and Call of the Wild
#6: Buck Owens' Crystal Palace museum and concert hall in Bakersfield
#7: The 21-foot-tall pink marble pyramid in Felicity, the self-proclaimed Official Center of the World
#8: Cactus King Nursery, Encinitas, the largest retail cactus nursery on the West Coast
#9: Furnace Creek Inn, built in Death Valley in 1927, boasts a spring-fed swimming pool and the lowest grass golf course in the world, 214 feet below
sea level
#10: Big Kitchen Cafe, San Diego, the self-proclaimed center of the universe and where Whoopi Goldberg once washed dishes
#11: About 300 caves in Modoc County's Lava Beds National Monument
#12: 21 shiny locomotives on exhibit at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento
#13: Selma, "Raisin Capital of the World"
#14: 120 miles of horseback riding trails in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
#15: Tien Hau Temple in San Francisco, the oldest Chinese temple in the U.S.
#16: More than 4,000 windmills in San Gorgonio Pass (they produce enough electricity to power Palm Springs and the rest of the Coachella Valley)
#17: Certified farmers' markets in 350 cities and towns
#18: Stockton's Moses Rodgers House, onetime home to a former slave, who was the first to successfully drill for oil in the region
#19: Exeter's giant outdoor murals preserve the city's history and culture
#20: 20 official wildlife viewing areas
#21: The Delta, near Rio Vista, one of the top 12 windsurfing areas in the world, according to aficionados
#22: Birthplace of the African-American holiday Kwanzaa, created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karega, California State University, Long Beach
#23: Vichy Springs Resort & Inn, home to the only naturally carbonated hot springs in North America, near Ukiah
#24: 21 historic missions
#25: 2,500-year-old seagrass specimens at the Antelope Valley Indian Museum, Lancaster
#26: The largest permanent archery range in North America, at the ARCO Olympic Training Center, Chula Vista
#27: Cerro Gordo Mines Ghost Town, near Keeler, once the richest city in the U.S.
#28: St. Helena, western home of the Culinary Institute of America
#29: Gold Mountain Ski Area, near Graeagle, oldest reported sport-skiing area in the western hemisphere
#30: 9,000 barrels of beer a week from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico
#31: The Tomales Bay Oyster Company, shucking Pacifics since 1909
#32: Musso & Frank's Grill, Hollywood's oldest restaurant
#33: Some 26,000 tons of dates, harvested annually in Riverside and Imperial counties
#34: 90 types of mammals
in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, including 10 kinds of bats
#35: 160 rooms and more than 10,000 windows in San Jose's Winchester Mystery House
#36: Doris Day's Cypress Inn in Carmel, where pets are welcome at afternoon tea and overnight
#37: 45 snow resorts offering downhill and cross-country skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, and more
#38: World's tallest living tree (367.5 feet), in the Montgomery Woods State Reserve in Mendocino County
#39: The 20-million-year-old Torrey Sands Cliffs, La Jolla
#40: 2,425 feet of falling water at Yosemite Falls, the longest drop in the United States
#41: 840 species of plants on the Channel Islands, including 20 kinds of lupines
#42: More than 3,500 works by children in the International Child Art Collection, Los Angeles
#43: Huntington Beach, 8.5
miles of uninterrupted strands of pristine beach
#44: Diamond Valley Lake, near Hemet, where more than 70 species of Ice Age fossils were unearthed during excavation
#45: Lunch Box Museum, in Firebaugh, displays 420 American-made metal lunch boxes and more than 300 thermoses. It's the seventh-largest such collection in the world
#46: Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve, Antioch, a labyrinth of tunnels and natural wonders of historic mining district to explore
#47: 20 million acres of National Forest and 50 significant wilderness areas for backpacking
#48: Kaweah Post Office, Tulare, the smallest post office still in operation. Only 10 feet wide, it's state historic landmark 389
#49: California Coastal National Monument, established January 2000, running along the entire California coast and extending out for 12 miles
#50: Ballard Inn, Ballard, chosen by American Historic Inns as one of the top 10 "most romantic inns" in the U.S.
http://www.visitcalifornia.com/state/tourism/tour_htmldisplay.jsp?iOID=18584&sFilePath=/tourism/detail/T_D_AA_50ReasonsToLove.html&sTableName=TOURISM_NAV&BV_SessionID=@@@@1985523609.1144962607@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccdaddhhlffjkmcfngcfkmdffidfog.0&PrimaryCat=Activities+%26+Attractions&sTOURHash=