{"id":26501,"date":"2020-01-12T00:08:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T00:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=26501"},"modified":"2020-01-12T00:08:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-12T00:08:12","slug":"wild-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wild-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild and Scenic California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/morbfes.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While Nevada City and Grass Valley celebrate the natural environment that surrounds us with Wild &amp; Scenic Film Festival January 16-20, 2020, Morro Bay does its own take on nature with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/morro-bay-bird-festival.html\">Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival<\/a> the same weekend (Jan.17-20).<\/p>\n<p>Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend is an ideal time to experience nature that surrounds you when National Parks Service lets everyone in free to the nation&#8217;s coveted wild &amp; scenic park lands on Jan.20. It is one of several <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/parks\/national-parks-free-days.html\">free admission days<\/a> throughout the year celebrating more than 52 million acres of protected land.<\/p>\n<p>Other wild and scenic events the same weekend include The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/san-francisco-pier39-sealions.html\">Return of the Sea Lions<\/a> to Pier 39 in San Francisco. Oh, the noise! Oh the ruckus! Oh the delight as tourists and locals watch these sea mammal bask in the sun or fight over a coveted spot. If you&#8217;ve ever watched them you know that once sea lion may come sailing out of the water and crash dive onto another with a prime bathing spot. There&#8217;s no subtlety in making a claim.<\/p>\n<p>Other events courtesy of Mother Nature include the famed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/napa-truffle-festival.html\">Napa Truffle Festival<\/a> Jan.17-20. The gourmet delicacy is very wild and beloved in dishes complimenting local wines.<\/p>\n<p>In Pleasanton you can take in the RV Show (Jan.11-20) offering a way to go see your next great outdoor adventure in the Golden State.<\/p>\n<p>For another set of wheels to see the sights, head for Burbank&#8217;s BMX Spectacular at Valley Skate Park.<\/p>\n<p>In Sacramento the International Sportsmen Exposition (January 16-19) at Cal Expo offers endless possibilities to fulfill your wildest dreams. The new year is anything but ordinary when you take a walk on the wild side to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/california-events.html\">see California<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Nevada City and Grass Valley celebrate the natural environment that surrounds us with Wild &amp; Scenic Film Festival January 16-20, 2020, Morro Bay does its own take on nature with Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival the same weekend (Jan.17-20). Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend is an ideal time to experience nature that surrounds you [&hellip;]<\/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\/26501"}],"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=26501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26502,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26501\/revisions\/26502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}