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Last week we asked: Why should we travel at all in this world, given that, researchers say, global tourism—pleasure travel alone—is responsible for 8 to…
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Native people called the high Modoc Plateau in northeastern California “the smiles of God,” still a strangely fitting name for this lonely remnant of the…
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We’ve been talking about doing something different this summer, something meaningful, personal, local. Tracing old highway routes with help from the 1939…
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While we’re still waiting for the rain to end, or at least turn from torrent to occasional shower, it’s a good time to plan some summertime “time out.”We…
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We’re finally heading up the road to visit California’s gold country, those countless mines and settlements scattered across the Sierra Nevada’s western…
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We’ve been considering the historic impacts the discovery of gold had on what we might call, today, the “California character,” both the brilliance of…
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This week we start touring California’s gold rush history with Carey McWilliams as our guide. “California is no ordinary state,” he said in his book,…
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This week we head up the road to again explore the California coast—this time on foot, by bike and wheelchair, and on horseback. We Californians love our…
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We’re strolling California beaches this week, to appreciate the northern elephant seal, another seasonal migrant.Once you’ve seen a two- to three-ton male…
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This week we’re going coastal again. Winter is a great time to go to the coast, for many reasons. Fewer people, so you can appreciate landscapes and towns…