Blogs from California, United States, North America - page 1167

Geo: 33.3437, -118.322I worked for Catalina Island Marine Institute or CIMI summers 1991 and 1993 as a camp counselor for children attending a sea camp ~ kayak, snorkeling, SCUBA, science class, etc. It was my first snorkeling experience, my first time living on an island, and my first wide-eye view of lots of West Coast people. I learned a lot, saw a lot, and realized a lot. It was absolutely an awesome experience and I luved it!!!Best Memories: *Surfing the backside of Catalina Island at Two Harbors aka "Little Hawaii" *Playing color olympics with the kids ~ they named their teams the "Blue Balls" and the "White Seaman" and... well... they were teenagers! ;~) *The feeling of snorkeling in the ocean for the first time! *The feeling of SCUBA for the first time! *Nightswimming and snorkeling ... read more

Again we decided that we were not going to get ripped off by an official tour, so we made our own way to Disneyland. That was however a big mistake as there was a drivers strike and the Greyhound busses were not running. We managed to get there on the local buses, but it took a total of four hours with a lot of farting around down-town. It was a good job we hadn't planned on travelling over the States by bus, as that would have been knackered and we'd have been stuck in LA. Nightmare! Disneyland is not a place for nerve shattering rides. They tended to be very nice and very pretty with lots of moving characters and nice tunes. The place was clearly aimed at kids. There was one notable exception in the ... read more

On the bus to Flagstaff, a Pamela Anderson look-alike sat beside Mike and proceeded to chat him up. It was several years before he stopped bragging about it. We were out for the count, although there were a couple of babies that did their best to keep us awake. The bus could have crashed and we would have slept through it. At Flagstaff we changed bus for San Diego. The nearest hostel to the transit centre in San Diego was the YMCA, so we checked in there. We soon lived to regret it. The place was heavily used by the army and consequently it was like an army camp. For example, the toilets were not in cubicles, they were all just in a row along the wall. We had to use the toilet in McDonalds! And ... read more

It would be criminal to go to Los Angeles and not visit Hollywood and Universal Studies, so we booked ourselves on a tour. On the way, we stopped off to see the Hollywood sign up in the hills for some compulsory photos. Once high up, it was frightening how obvious the smog was, as it hung over the city below. Universal Studios has a huge public area with loads of things to see and do, but the most interesting part is a tram ride round all the various film sets. We saw the house from Psycho, the town square from Back to the Future (and the Dukes of Hazard), a burning house, a flood, the parting of the red sea and a lake with a frankly laughable excuse for Jaws. Apparently the real one was being ... read more

October 22, 1988 *City official name :Rancho Palos Verdes *Founded date : *Location :California State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Palo Verde is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California, United States. The population was 236 at the 2000 census. ... read more