You don’t have to go far to escape to a California beach vacation, since the Mandalay Beach Resort is just north of Los Angeles.
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California Welcome Center Oxnard
Wine tasting at the California Welcome Center Oxnard? Yes, you can get tourist information and, also, sample local wines.
Oxnard Gondola Ride – Channel Islands Harbor
You could go to Italy to cruise through canals on a gondola or you can head just north of Los Angeles to Channel Islands Harbor.
Rodin Sculpture Garden – Free Art Exhibit at Stanford
Stanford is known worldwide as an excellent institution of higher education, but there is more. The campus is also a lovely place to spend an afternoon gazing upon larger than life bronze sculptures at the Rodin Sculpture Garden.
Carmel Mission Basilica – San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission
When I was a fourth grader, I studied the California missions, just like all public school students. Then when I had children of my own, they did the same. All of those memories came back to me on a recent visit to the Carmel Mission.