Where is Your City Going On Vacation This Summer?
Photos left to right: Pageant of the Masters; Knott’s Berry Farm; Huntington Beach; Calistoga
When you live in one of the most popular tourist destinations in America, it’s hard to take a break and go on vacation. However, cities in California are offering residents special trips and excursions to other places, just so they can escape paradise briefly. In our survey of Summer 2013 City Activities, here are some field trips, day trips, and escapes offered by municipalities and parks & recreation departments:
CITY: Where the locals go to get away
ALBANY: Oakland Zoo, Luther Burbank Gardens in Santa Rosa, Livermore Outlets, Half Moon Bay, de Young Museum in San Francisco, Sunnyvale Art & Wine Festival, Safari West in Santa Rosa and Bolinas
ANAHEIM: LA Zoo, Knott’s Berry Far, Soak City, Boomers, Discovery Science Center, Anaheim Ice, Irvine Regional Park
ARCADIA: Doheny Beach in Dana Point, Raging Waters in San Dimas, Six Flags Valencia, Los Angeles Zoo, Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, California Science Center in LA
AVALON: Stay on the Island
AZUSA: Family Beach Bus Trips to Huntington Beach–bring out your beach towel and beach chair.
CONCORD: San Francisco Movie Tours, Calistoga and Greystone, Oakdale Chocolate Festival, Colusa Casino, Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco
HERMOSA BEACH: Oxnard Salsa Festival, Laguna Arts Festival & Pageant of the Masters, Catalina Island
IRVINE: Artists Studios of Southern California, Getty Villa
LA PUENTE: Dodger Stadium
SANTA CRUZ: Tiburon & Angel Island (San Francisco)
SAN DIEGO: Las Vegas, Laughlin, Palm Springs, Lawrence Welk Resort and Julian
SACRAMENTO: Alcatraz, Pier 39, Chinatown, Food Lovers Tour of Fisherman’s Wharf, Sonoma County Fair, Zinfest in Lodi
