California's Best Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

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Tahoe

Yosemite

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Eldorado

National

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Stanislaus

National

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Carson-

Iceberg

Wilderness

Emigrant

Wilderness

Chumash

Wilderness

Inyo

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Sierra

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LosPadres

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LosPadres

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SanRafael

Wilderness

Mokelumne

Wilderness

Hoover

Wilderness

KingsCanyon

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Sequoia

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Lee

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Maricopa

Los

Alamos

Ventucopa

Jamestown

Mammoth

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Madera

Coalinga

Taft

Visalia

South

Lake

Tahoe

Hawthorne

Santa

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Fresno

Merced

Porterville

Chowchilla

Farmersville

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Kingsburg

Tulare

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2 Lodi

Although Lodi used to be

the ‘Watermelon Capital

of the World,’ today, wine

rules this patch of the

valley. Breezes from the

Sacramento River Delta

soothe the area’s hot

vineyards, where more

zinfandel grapes are

grown than anywhere

else in the world. Some

particularly old vines

have been tended by

the same families for a

century. Lodi’s diverse

soil is a sometimes rocky,

sometimes sandy loam,

giving its zinfandels a

range of characteristics.

Get your first taste

of Lodi’s powerful,

TRIP HIGHLIGHT

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Highway 49

Through Gold

Country

Connect to this northern

trip through the towns

that hosted California’s

gold rush. In Sacramento,

take I-80 east to Auburn to

connect with Hwy 49.

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Lazy Delta Dawdle

Follow the same water

that rushes out of the Sierra

to flood these fields on a

trip down the Sacramento

River Delta, just east of

Sacramento along the

American River.

LINK

YOUR

TRIP

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CENTRAL.CALIFORNIA..

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.HIGHWAY 99 THROUGH CENTRAL VALLEY