Vacation Spots in California
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If you want to be around a lot of people (especially young people), you can go to Mission Beach and Belmont Park which is an amusement park in Mission Beach with fun rides and a roller coaster.

If you want something quieter and more adventurous, Torrey Pine Park is wonderful - just remember to wear good climbing shoes and watch your step.

Then there is downtown San Diego (AKA Gaslamp Quarter), which has many different restaurants, bars, and clubs. Whether you want a sports bar, a cheap pizza place, a dance club, Thai food, or a high class, fancy restaurant, you'll find something you will like in the Gaslamp Quarter.

My most favorite building to tour in that Mission was the Cathedral where people used to hold their Church service or Mass there. That building is just breathtaking. What made it really spectacular was the old graveyard that sits around the back of the Cathedral and it was interesting to look at all the older gravestones. Another favorite building of mine was the old stable because it held old stage coaches and even had life size horses, that were not real, but looked exactly like real ones.

One more place that I really enjoyed visiting was the Green, which was where painters would paint the Mission and you could watch them do it. I really have enjoyed visiting there and would recommend others to visit as well, if you are interested in the history of California.

For the nature lover, a day walking around the various tanks and aquariums at Sea World would only be rivaled by the amazing experience offered by the world famous, San Diego Zoo. If sports are your thing (like me) one of downtown’s newest buildings is Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres. The view behind center field is gorgeous, with high-rise buildings behind the “park at the park,” a grassy hill and little league area.

And who could think of a summer trip to San Diego without a trip to a beach? There’s surfing at Tourmaline Surfing Park, a lively boardwalk at Mission Beach, and Dog Beach is the place for those bringing the whole family. All the outdoor feeling I could ever want is in San Diego, and I never have to be more than fifteen minutes from an In-N-Out Burger. For vacation ideas in California I suggest San Diego.

We quickly realized that North to South was the best way to go because you can pull into the various overlooks so easily without crossing traffic. I’ll confess this discovery was a bit of luck on our part. After this we began to stop frequently at the overlooks to take in the breathtaking scenes of the ocean, the beaches and the magnificent natural rock formations.

As you would expect, we drove to the beach whenever it was convenient. Once we saw sheep on the hill-side so we detoured up the hill-side and enjoyed another facet of this lovely countryside. Considering how fruitful this area is, in interesting touristy locations, we found it easy to get caught up in side trips such as the Golden Gate Park, Redwood and Sequoia Forests, the Monterey Aquarium and the famous Hearst mansion.

We made L.A. in eight days and had such a wonderful trip that we wished it had been a month. We recommend this trip to all adventure-some vacationers.

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