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As revelers plan their exit from 2016 into the new year, one of the most recognized symbols of that celebration is the hourglass filled with sand. Last year the band, Phish,\u00a0rang in\u00a02016 at the bottom of an hourglass at Madison Square Garden. In California we can’t get enough sand. From our spectacular desert sand dunes to our famed sandy beaches, California\u00a0is a sand-lover’s paradise<\/a>.<\/p>\n By Craig MacDonald\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Many of nature’s best gifts are free. One of the least recognized of these is beach sand. These loose granules can provide the utmost entertainment for both people and animals. Not only is sand fun to walk over while barefoot but it sometimes stays with you longer than expected. For weeks after a day at the beach, you can usually find sand in pant cuffs and shoes, prompting fond memories.<\/p>\n Sand, that’s the happy stuff which can bring an unexpected crunch to the hamburger you cooked on the beach. And what better way to occupy children\u2019s attention than to get them started building sandcastles. Such activity shows a child\u2019s creativity, encourages the coordination of both hand and mind and links generations…read more<\/a>><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As revelers plan their exit from 2016 into the new year, one of the most recognized symbols of that celebration is the hourglass filled with sand. Last year the band, Phish,\u00a0rang in\u00a02016 at the bottom of an hourglass at Madison Square Garden. In California we can’t get enough sand. From our spectacular desert sand dunes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23679"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}A Tribute to California Sand<\/h2>\n