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Nature.org calls Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes the “largest intact coastal dune ecosystem on Earth”. These are sand dunes at the Santa Maria River estuary, some dunes 500 feet in height, along 18 miles of Central California coastline. Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes are the large sand dunes visible from U.S. Route 101 when driving south and coming to the coast…
Tens of thousands of tourists over the next few months will drive the coastline of California along State Route 1, aka Highway 1 or Pacific Coast Highway or PCH. The drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles, staying mostly on Highway 1 is over 400 miles and around a ten hour drive with no stops.…
Home. Home again, after an 860 mile road trip from Monterey to Disneyland in 100 hours during a California June heat wave. We hit 103 degrees two hours out of Monterey driving through Paso Robles wine country last Tuesday afternoon and 106 near the same area yesterday as heavy smoke from a wildfire about 20…
Two weeks ago I dropped by a Candlewood Suites in Santa Maria, California for a quick visit on my quest to earn 30,000 bonus points from the IHG 2013 Big Win promotion. I needed stays in three different IHG brands for 22,000 bonus points. Candlewood Suites is an extended stay apartment style hotel brand with…
