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10 SUPERLATIVE PLACES TO VISIT IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

(excerpted by permission from the 9th edition of Weekend Adventures in San Francisco & Northern California, by Carole Terwilliger Meyers; www.carousel-press.com)

1.  Where can you see the largest collection of Japanese bamboo in the western world?

2.  Where is the biggest elephant seal rookery on the U.S. mainland?

3.  Which amusement park is the oldest in California and is also home to the largest classic carousel in Northern California?

4.  Who was California's first artichoke queen?

5.  Which winery is California's oldest?

6.  Where is the best bass-fishing in the state, if not in the entire country?

7.  Which flea market is the world's largest?

8.  Which is the state's oldest resort hotel?

9.  What is the largest interpretive railroad museum in North America?

10.  Which San Francisco hotel was the first in the U.S. to have a concierge?

ANSWERS

1.  Hakone Gardens in Saratoga (page 392)  www.hakone.com

2.  Aņo Nuevo State Reserve in Pescadero (page 97)  www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=22264

3.  Beach & Boardwalk in Santa Cruz (page 100)  www.beachboardwalk.com

4.  Marilyn Monroe in 1947 (page 110)  www.artichoke-festival.org

5.  Buena Vista Carneros Winery in Sonoma (page 409)  www.buenavistawinery.com

6.  Clear Lake (page 253)  www.lakecounty.com

7.  San Jose Flea Market (page 193)  www.sjfm.com

8.  Wawona Hotel in Yosemite National Park (page 379)  www.nps.gov/yose

9.  California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento (page 303)  www.csrmf.org

10. Fairmont San Francisco (page 50)  www.fairmont.com/sanfrancisco

These and more than 100 other superlative facts about Northern California are detailed in the 9th edition of WEEKEND ADVENTURES IN SAN FRANCISCO & NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
(ISBN 978-0-917120-21-3).

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WEEKEND ADVENTURES IN SAN FRANCISCO & NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

by Carole Terwilliger Meyers

9th Edition • ISBN: 978- 0-917120-21-3 • $19.95 • Pub date:  May 2009

504 pages • 200+ b&w photos • 17 maps • 23-page index • 6" x 9"  trade paper

 

 

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