April 2011 Archives
Outdoors:
As summer's warm temperatures approach, hiking in California's higher altitude areas will become more and more of a destination. One the most popular mountain hikes is Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in the continental United States.
National Parks:
If you're in the San Diego area, there's still time to see wildflowers at the city's only National Park Service unit.
State Park:
Today park rangers announced that the state flower has peaked at California's most poppy-ulated area, the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve. But don't get too excited yet, they warned.
National Parks:
Friday marks the first trip of the year to one of the so-called outer islands at Channel Islands National Park. Those three land masses--Santa Rosa, San Miguel and Santa Barbara--are far enough from the mainland that during winter, seas get a bit too rough for safe passage.
Outdoors:
It's starting to feel like summer here in Los Angeles, but if you want one last local taste of a winter adrenaline rush, you're in luck. Two Southern California ski areas are staying open through this week....
Outdoors:
If you're heading to a number of freshwater lakes in Southern California--say Casitas, Lopez, Piru or Santa Margarita--you're able to go kayaking or canoeing. But for Lake Cachuma, the only freshwater lake in Santa Barbara County, that has not been the case. At least until now.
Transportation:
In a move reminiscent of Disney's birthday deal a couple years ago, one of the major transportation companies for service between the mainland and Catalina Island has announced a free roundtrip ticket for those who ride on their birthday....
State Park:
The way the California Poppy Reserve looked last year, shown in the above photo, has unfortunately not been a sight so far this year. State Park officials for the popular springtime destination in the western end of the Mojave...
Tours:
Visitors to Death Valley National Park can spare some sweat if they are planning to take an indoor tour of Scotty's Castle, a Spanish Colonial-style historic house built in the 1920s. Instead of braving the occasional two hour wait on busy days, tourists can reserve spots online or by phone.
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