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Re: SoCal lack of Sites (smile)
Bo 2004-Jun-14 17:52:00
Don,
YOU ROCK..... Something to bite into here - thank you. The islands
will be out since I expect to bring a friend who will not enjoy the
sail-trip or flight... Unfortunately.
However Missions and even J-Tree seems like a GREAT idea.
Thank you.
Bo
--- In #removed#, "G. Donald Bain" <#removed#> wrote:
> Bo,
>
> I assume you are based in Southern California, so here are ten
> suggestions for that region.
>
> 1. Yosemite, since it is an official site, and is fabulous, would
be
> first choice. But a pretty good distance for you, crowded and hard
to
> get reservations this time of year. Wawona (with giant Sequoias)
is
> easier than Yosemite Valley, and the Tioga Road is open, so you
can
> drive into the high country (take mosquito repellent).
>
> 2. The western Channel Islands (San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa
Cruz, and
> Anacapa) are highly likely to be UNESCO sites at some point. It's
a
> national park, and access is restricted. You get there by boat,
usually
> from Ventura (see Island Packers), or fly (C.I.A. - Channel
Islands
> Airways). The easiest to do is Anacapa, a half-day excursion from
> Ventura. The most worthwhile is Santa Cruz, which is owned and
managed
> by the Nature Conservancy. An even easier fallback would be Santa
> Catalina, many options to get there, but must hike or bike to get
> around, unless you are content to stay in Avalon.
>
> 3. Sequoia National Park is such an obvious candidate for World
> Heritage designation, don't know why it hasn't been yet. Easy to
get
> dramatic photographs of the big trees, especially early or late in
the
> day, when the light comes in at a low angle. Drive up to Giant
Forest
> from Visalia in the San Joaquin.
>
> 4. Joshua Tree National Park is another possibility, though it's
> getting pretty hot out there in the Mojave Desert now. It hit 103?
(39?
> Celsius) yesterday in Indio.
>
> 5. The Indian Palm Canyons at Palm Springs. Open daytime only,
access
> through the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation (who own most of the
> canyon), just south of the town of Palm Springs. Very photogenic,
and
> lots of shade which helps with the extreme heat.
>
> 6. The Franciscan missions of Alta California, especially San Luis
Rey
> (Oceanside), San Juan Capistrano, Santa Barbara, and La Purisima
(near
> Lompoc). La Purisima offers the most, as it has been completely
> reconstructed.
>
> 7. American cities have not usually acquired enough patina of age
to
> impress UNESCO - but it will come. The movie industry is certainly
> Southern California's leading contribution to world heritage, with
> historic sites in Hollywood, Culver City, and the San Fernando
Valley.
> Not much to look at though, unless you can get permission to go
inside
> one of the theaters or production studios.
>
> 8. Similarly, Disneyland. But I would expect trouble with VR
> photography there, security is very tight.
>
> 9. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Cal Tech in Pasadena, maybe
also
> their observatory on Mount Wilson.
>
> 10. Some of the historic domestic architecture of suburbia -
Craftsmen
> style houses (Pasadena, San Marino, etc.) and modernist. Would
take
> some research, you would probably need special permission, and
small,
> dark interiors are challenging for VR photography.
>
> Hope this helps (you and other Southlanders).
>
> Don
>
>
> On Jun 14, 2004, at 9:13 AM, Bo wrote:
>
> > ARGH, so I have reviewed the list and conclude that either I
need a
> > trip to Yosemite or up to the RedWood Forest where Don is already
> > setting up.....
> >
> > So that leaves no-official sites, such as maybe Joshua Tree
National
> > Park, Trona Pinnacles, and possible the Missions spread up along
the
> > coast?
> >
> > Any other ideas? HELP... (Smile)
> >
> >
> >
> > Bo
> >
> > www.bophoto.com/panos
> >
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