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Desert California Tourism

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Scotty’s Castle - Death Valley, California

's castle.jpg Take a Living History Tour at Scotty’s Castle in Death Valley

If you’ll be spending time in Death Valley on your next trip to California, you won’t want to miss visiting Scotty’s Castle, also known as Death Valley Ranch. This beautiful Spanish Villa is located in Grapevine Canyon in the northern part of Death Valley.

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Joshua Tree National Park - Twentynine Palms, California

Joshua Tree National Park.jpg Joshua Tree National Park - Twentynine Palms, California

This Park covers 850 sq miles/2,200 sq. m. has only two ways to enter, on the north in Twentynine Palms on CA 62 and the south at Cottenwood Springs on US 10. There are Visitor Centers at both locations which will provide you with maps of this national monument and other information to make your visit more enjoyable.

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Death Valley National Park - Death Valley, California

's castle.jpg Death Valley National Park - Death Valley, California

The stories about Death Valley are about the heat, the dryness, and the low lands and all of them are true! It is a harsh environment not only for people but for the plants and animals that live there too. It takes unique stature to be able to survive in this location.

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Twenty Mule Team Museum - Boron, California

Twenty mule team.jpg Twenty Mule Team Museum - Boron, California

In 1881 the discovery of borax in the Ash Meadows region of Death Valley was discovered by Aaron Winters and his wife, Rosie. Now, they knew from what an old prospector that had stayed a night with them and told them about the interest in borax that they had something great, they just didn’t realize that had they not thought that $20,000 was a fortune (although in those days it was) they could have gotten a lot more money. They sold their claim to William T. Coleman, a prominent San Francisco businessman. The word of the discovery spread quickly and the borax industry in Death Valley was born.

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Calico Early Man Site - Barstow, California

calico early man site.jpg Calico Early Man Site - Barstow, California

One of the most interesting things that tell us about the history of human life in this part of the world may well be at this archaeology site where primitive stone tools have been discovered, originally by amateur archaeologists in 1942.

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Barstow Route 66 “Mother Road” Museum - Barstow, California

Barstow museum.jpg Barstow Route 66 "Mother Road" Museum - Barstow, California

The museum will take you down memory lane when Route 66 was the way to get from New York to California! The museum opened in 2000 in the historic Casa del Desierto, Harvey House, in Barstow. With it’s displays of historic photographs and artifacts related to Route 55 and the Mojave Desert Communities you will certainly take a trip back in time.

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Palm Springs Aerial Tramway - Palm Springs, California

Palm Springs Aerial Tramway - Palm Springs, California

Palm Springs gets HOT in the summer so a man named Francis F. Crocker decided to do something about it. He had the vision to build a tram to go up in the mountains where it is much cooler.

Construction of the Tramway was an engineering challenge and was soon labeled the “eighth wonder of the world” (by whom we don’t know). The superlative was earned because of the ingenious use of helicopters in erecting four of the five supporting towers. Some 20 years later, the tramway was designated a historical civil engineering landmark. When you visit Palm Springs it is something out of the ordinary to do, while others are golfing you can be seeing for miles!

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Desert Christ Park - Yucca Valley, California

Desert Christ Park.jpg Desert Christ Park - Yucca Valley, California

The meaning of “Peace on Earth and the Brotherhood of Man” is what the Desert Christ Park is all about. Sitting high on the hills overlooking the town of Yucca Valley are more than forty snow-white statues and images portraying scenes of Christ’s life and teachings.

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California Wine Trails

northern california wine trail map.jpg There are thousands of wineries in California, way too many to list individually so I have asked the owners of a great site - www.winecountrygetaway.com to allow me to place their site in conjunction with ours to provide you with a wide range of places to visit with insider information on what their thoughts are and to give you suggestions.

While I was trying to find what I considered to be the best site for information this particular site seemed to fit the need best. It is done with taste, creativity and personal experience. For a listing of many, many of the wine trails throughout the state of California go to this site and begin your California Vacation experience in wine country.

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Palm Springs Desert Museum - Palm Springs, California

Palm Springs Desert Museum.jpg California Deserts – More Than Just Dry Hot Sun

When we think of deserts we think of a dry, hot sun, but the California Desert area offers much more to visitors. Just to name a few, there are the Palm Springs Desert Museum, National and State Parks, the famous Route 66, and Calico Ghost Town which provide enough activities to keep everyone happy.

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