The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring (Paperback)

Product Details

* Paperback: 320 pages
* Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (February 12, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0812975596
* ISBN-13: 978-0812975598
* Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
* Shipping Weight: 8 ounces

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Los Angeles & Southern California (Regional Guide) (Paperback)

Last month I spent several weeks in Southern California visiting long term resedent and used this guide book each day.

Before reading this book I looked at about 7 guide books. I found this one seemed to do the best job with total details and off the beaten track exploration. I think It is right choice to pick this one.Because I used it almost every day! My family listed all places we want to go and things to do .we can find all answer in this book. we eating food, visit hollywood,go to an amusement park, and so on. I love this guidebook ,it helped my family so much.
This book is packed with great information ,so it will take you from santa Barbaba to San Diego .Btw, it was not too heavy :)

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Pt Reyes Limantour Beach

Limantour beach is great for running. It can get hard when the tide is high, then the sand becomes soft, but, hell, you burn twice as many calories this way. Run to the right or to the left. If the beach is too short of a distance, veer off to a trail that leads to Arch Rock. The options are endless.

This beach is great for anything: picnics, family outings, walking dogs and kids, running, or just walking along the beautiful freezing-cold Pacific Ocean. My recent discovery is the lagoon with sting-rays if you walk to the left of the parking lot. There are also colonies of seals at the tip of the peninsula leading into Drakes Estero through Estero de Limantour. The dunes there are amazing, they make me feel like I am on the set of "Dune" except the sand is real.

Four stars because of the stupid bridge they built and ruined the natural beauty of the swamps. Now it's a muddy mess, which made water fowl and herons and egrets abandon the place, leaving a sad scene. I guess, somebody had to spend the money... Some people just don't get it.

California Sunset Photo Gallery Pt. Bonita Lighthouse

Formerly a Mexican territory, California became part of the U.S. after the Mexican War of 1848. The famous Gold Rush began in 1849, and the first lighthouses were built a few years later. These early lights, like the Point Pinos Light shown at right, were built in a what was then a typical New England style. Ironically, there are no examples of this style surviving in New England, so the only place to see these traditional New England lighthouses is in California.

Today the state's long coast has about 40 lighthouses, of which at least 24 are active. The coastal lighthouses include many famous and well visited light stations, but there are also some very little known towers. The lightship WAL 605 Relief, owned by the U.S. Lighthouse Society of San Francisco, is berthed in Oakland. There is no state preservation society, but local societies support most of the coastal lighthouses.

Interest in lighthouses is certainly high, and several new lighthouses have been built recently in Santa Cruz and Long Beach.

California Sunset Photo Gallery Point Bonita

California is a state on the West Coast of the United States

California is a state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexican state of Baja California. California is the most populous U.S. state. Its four largest cities are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco. The state is home to eight of the nation's fifty largest cities. It is known for its varied climate and geography as well as its diverse population.

The area known as Alta California was colonized by the Spanish Empire beginning in the late 18th century. It and the rest of Mexico became an independent republic in 1821. In 1846 California broke away from Mexico, and after the Mexican-American War, Mexico ceded California to the United States. It became the 31st state admitted to the United States on September 9, 1850.

California is the third-largest U.S. state by land area after Alaska and Texas, and preceding Montana. Its geography ranges from the Pacific coast to the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the east, to Mojave desert areas in the southeast and the Redwood-Douglas fir forests of the northwest. The center of the state is dominated by the Central Valley, one of the most productive agricultural areas in the world.