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Steep Ravine, CA: Tired of hotels with electricity, heat, and indoor plumbing?
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Steep Ravine, CA: Tired of hotels with electricity, heat, and indoor plumbing?

03/07/201901/19/2023 Posted byPeter Crosby

Let me tell you about Mount Tamalpais State Park in Marin County, California.

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Guerneville, CA: Get away from everything (including cell coverage).
North Americatravel

Guerneville, CA: Get away from everything (including cell coverage).

08/15/201512/08/2022 Posted byPeter Crosby

Not every vacation destination we choose is some exotic location in a far-flung corner of the globe. Sometimes, we’re just too lazy to make proper travel plans.

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Napa Valley: Where classy people overpay to get plastered.
North Americatravel

Napa Valley: Where classy people overpay to get plastered.

12/10/201401/19/2023 Posted byPeter Crosby

The Napa Valley is full of beautiful places to get stinking drunk.

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Santa Cruz California: It’s as close as NorCal comes to having a real beach.
North Americatravel

Santa Cruz California: It’s as close as NorCal comes to having a real beach.

06/14/201312/08/2022 Posted byPeter Crosby

NorCal is nothing like SoCal, despite what Hollywood movies would have you believe.

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Yosemite California: Nature at its most naturiest.
North Americatravel

Yosemite California: Nature at its most naturiest.

10/08/201112/08/2022 Posted byPeter Crosby

Famed nature photographer Ansel Adams first gazed upon Yosemite and said, “I’m gonna need a bigger format camera.”

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Redding California: It’s close to a lot of other, better places to visit.
North Americatravel

Redding California: It’s close to a lot of other, better places to visit.

09/03/201012/08/2022 Posted byPeter Crosby

A famous architect designed a bridge in Reading and that was enough reason to go there.

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The Playboy Mansion, LA: I’ve finally found my dream house.
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The Playboy Mansion, LA: I’ve finally found my dream house.

11/10/200301/20/2023 Posted byPeter Crosby

I finally see the home of my dreams: The Playboy Mansion.

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Calistoga California: How we spent our 6th anniversary, and I do mean “spent.”
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Calistoga California: How we spent our 6th anniversary, and I do mean “spent.”

09/03/200112/08/2022 Posted byPeter Crosby

We spend our 6th anniversary at a BnB.

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Mendocino, California: Artist colony or ineffective tourist trap?
North Americatravel

Mendocino, California: Artist colony or ineffective tourist trap?

02/10/200112/08/2022 Posted byPeter Crosby

We drive about 3 hours north of San Francisco on U.S. Route 101.

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