California Road Trips 2008 - (Page 4) california road trips 2008 SHASTA CASCADE S P E C I A L A D V E R T I S I N G F E AT U R E Magical history tour Turn back the clock on a scenic loop drive rich in California history, including locomotives, Chinese temples, and a lumberjack named Paul. Anderson. Discover ways to play with a visit to the California Welcome Center SM, with info on river rafting, golf, surprising shops, galleries, wineries, and fascinating museums throughout this varied region. INFO: For Shasta Lake fun, 530/365-1180 see page 32. Vina (42 mi/67 km: 49 min). Sip wines made by monks at New Clairvaux, along Highway 99. See the brothers’ progress on reconstruction of an 800year-old Spanish monastery shipped to the U.S. in the ’30s. INFO: 530/839-2200 Chico (21 mi/34 km: 29 min). Let your imagination take flight at exhibits of cutting-edge art at Chico State’s galleries, featuring ceramics, digital imaging, printmaking, photography, glass, and sculpture. INFO: 530/898-5331 LASSEN VOLCANIC NP 44 Thunder Café, then step back into Gold Rush times at Plumas County Museum, where outdoor exhibits capture another way of life. INFO: 800/326-2247 Blairsden-Graeagle (24 mi/ 38 km: 34 min). Lick hand-churned ice cream during summertime Living History Days at Plumas Eureka State Park, commemorating 19th-century mining. Duffers will enjoy pineshaded Plumas Pines Golf Course. INFO: 800/995-6057 89 NEVADA CALIFORNIA Redding 44 395 Anderson 5 Susanville 36 36 Chester 89 Red Bluff Vina 99 Westwood 70 North Fork Feather River Lake Almanor 395 Portola (10 mi/16 km: 14 min). Portola 70 Quincy Chico BlairsdenGraeagle Oroville N 0 20 mi 80 70 Splash or catch trout (top right) in the Feather River Oroville (24 mi/39 km: 35 min). Light incense at 1863 Liet Sheng Kong (“Temple of Assorted Dieties”), a place of worship for Chinese laborers, with gardens, tapestries, puppets, and the newly restored (and fascinating) Fong Lee store and home. INFO: 530/538-2496 Clamber aboard restored locomotives at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum, then take a caboose ride around a 1-mile track (summer weekends and holidays). Catch Feather River Railroad Days in August. INFO: 530/832-4131 Susanville (84 mi/136 km: 1 hr 30 min). Take a walking tour of vibrant murals depicting the history of this once rough-and-tumble town. Stretch your legs along the 29-mile Bizz Johnson Trail following a former railroad route. INFO: 530/257-4323 Quincy (78 mi/125 km: 1 hr 45 min). Stoke up on French toast at Morning Chester (35 mi/56 km: 41 min). Find anything and everything at the eye-popping Ayoob’s Department Store, including fishing gear for one of the state’s largest reservoirs, lovely Lake Almanor—well worth a visit. INFO: 800/350-4838 3 4 3 more ways to… retrace history 1 Explore a Wintu bark house at Redding’s Turtle Lassen Volcanic National Park (46 mi/74 km: 1 hr 7 min). Watch mud pots spatter and steam vents spew at this stunning park, encompassing the state’s most recently erupting volcano (it last blew in 1915). Snow can close some roads until June. INFO: 530/595-4444 Bay Exploration Park. INFO: 800/887-8532 2 Discover covered bridges along the dramatic Feather River Scenic Byway, northeast of Oroville. INFO: 800/326-2247 3 Steep yourself in everything Paul Bunyan at his “birthplace” in Westwood, east of Lake Almanor. INFO: 530/256-2233 www.visitcalifornia.com Welcome Center SM Family Outdoors Arts Shopping Golf Wine & Dine State Park Stephanie Rausser/Getty, Rob Brodman, Justin Bailie/Getty http://www.visitcalifornia.com
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