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How many of the places in the images on the following slides can you name? How many of the places have you visited?
Each place has value from a scenic, interesting and/or educational perspective! Please do considering checking them out as all are worth the time.
Wonders of California(North of Grapevine)
Uncalifornia – no fresh water down here – no person’s land!
Golden Gate Bridge
Cable cars in S.F.
Golden Gate Park Japanese Tea GardenDe Young Museum Calif. Acad. of Sciences
Pier 39 nearFisherman’s Wharf, S.F.
Opening in new home on Pier 15 in San Francisco, on April 17, 2013.
Yosemite Valley and Falls
Tioga Pass, Yosemite
“Dam Hetch-Hetchy! As well dam for water-tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man.” John Muir Should the dam be removed?
If it were drained!
Lake Tahoe
Mt. Shasta
Lassen National Park
McArthur Burney Falls(Northwest of Lassen)
Calaveras State Park (near Arnold, CA)
Sequoia National Park
Kings CanyonNational Park
Devil’s Postpile,Mammoth, CA
The newest National Park, Pinnacles, 01/13/13
California State Capitol, Sacramento
California State Fair,Sacramento
Great America, Santa Clara, CA
Marine World, Vallejo, CA
Santa Cruz Boardwalkand coast with lighthouse
Año Nuevo State Park,North of Santa Cruz
Hearst Castle,Near Cambria
Monterey, Carmel area
Big Sur coastand redwoods
Knight’s Ferry covered bridge and float trip
McHenry Mansion
McHenry MuseumFree admission
Stanislaus County Fair,Turlock
San Luis Wildlife Refuge, Beckwith Rd., Modesto
Napa Valley winery and train. Other great wineries with tasting rooms are all over Northern California (e.g., Sonoma, Paso Robles, Livermore, Lodi, Murphys, etc.)
The MJC Science Center is on the West Campus and will house not only an exciting new Great Valley Museum but many interactive features including a first class planetarium, observatory, science sphere, Foucault pendulum, an outoor education facility and an interactive periodic table.
University of California,Merced
Stanford University
University of Pacific
University of California, Berkeley
California State Univ., Stanislaus
University of California,Davis
A hidden gem in Point Arena, CA. Take a tour and/or stay in one of the two fully equipped cabins. Bbryan Preserve.
Take advantage of the proximity of all the places you have seen in the preceding slides. Visit, experience, learn, grow and enjoy.
“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.” Dr. Seuss
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” Eleanor Roosevelt
“People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.” Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die
“Nothing ever becomes real 'til it is experienced.” John Keats
Thank you for participating!
