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Happy Leap Day & Year! What If Yo...
Published on: February 29, 2012
Leap Day is a fun name for something that could easily have been called Correction Day or Synchronization Day. By definition, "leap" means springing free from, passing abruptly from one state or topic to another or acting precipitately. In California, leaping may involve frolicking on a beach as one splashes his or her feet in ...
New SeaWorld San Diego “MANTA...
Published on: February 29, 2012
Pictured is a concept sketch for the new San Diego thrill ride, MANTA.
Spring 2012 in San Diego is all about "SEA". Shipyards, cruise ships, yachts, Navy Pacific Fleet, and fishing boats are part the 2nd largest city in California's way of life. The ocean and bays are so key that up till the 1960's ...
Petroglyph Tour at China Lake Offers G...
Published on: February 29, 2012
Long before there was California as we know it, ancient civilizations dating to the last ice age pecked, engraved or abraded shapes into the desert varnish that forms on volcanic basalt rocks over time. We really don't know the meaning of symbols left behind, though some are literal designs showing animals while others are abstract. ...
Xtreme! Tahoe Trail 100 Mountain Bike ...
Published on: February 28, 2012
Straddling the borders of Nevada and California, the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range is a mountain biker's dream. This summer on July 22nd at the Tahoe Trail 100 up to 1,000 participants will try, but only 70 to 100 extremely fit bicyclists will qualify for the big Race Across the Sky in the Rockies, the culmination ...
Return of the Swallows to San Juan Cap...
Published on: February 28, 2012
Each year on March 19 (St. Joseph's Day) Mission San Juan Capistrano performs a ceremony to welcome back the graceful little dive bomber birds who come to nest and start families in a spring ritual. After traveling over 5,000 miles from South America, the swallows seek dark, cool eaves protected from the sun, where they ...
Irish Eyes are Smiling at San Francisc...
Published on: February 27, 2012
This is a FANTASTIC year. In addition to the bonus Leap Day on February 29, St. Patrick's Day falls on Saturday, March 17, 2012, and so do many of the St. Patty's Day parades, parties and festivals. Nearly every city and town in California will be celebrating on Saturday, March 17, 2012. San Francisco has ...
