Southern California
Visits
Catalina Island
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Downstairs from the Casino Ballroom http://www.catalina.com/museum.html http://www.catalinamuseum.org/ August, 2000 |
The history of Catalina has always been centered on the sea. |
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Wrigley Memorial and Botanical Gardens Santa Catalina Island Conservancy http://www.catalinaconservancy.org/ August 2000 |
If Avalon isn’t laid back enough for you, a walk or golf-cart-ride up the canyon will bring you to this relaxing site. |
Santa Barbara , CA
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Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History December 2000 |
Near Mission Santa Barbara, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is an excellent small-town natural history museum, with plenty to interest the kids. Look for the whale skeleton out front. |
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http://www.sbnature.org/twsc/2.html December 2000 |
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805-682-4713 http://santabarbaramission.org/ December 2000 |
The Mission Santa Barbara is very well preserved. The grounds are beautiful and the structure, though small retains much of it history. The mission church is still used for Roman Catholic Mass on Sunday, so mind your manners if you are there on a weekend. |
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MOXI Children's Museum, Santa Barbara, CA. The MOXI in Santa Barbara is an amazing children's discovery museum. There are so many fun things for both kids and adults to do! Every exhibit is interactive and children learn about different aspects of physics, sound, and innovation through the multiple exhibits. There was a giant lite bite wall, a build-and-race your own car area, an innovation classroom and a Rube Goldberg Machine! This is definitely one to take your kids to if you are in Santa Barbara. Everything is up to date as it was built just a few years ago. It's really designed with kids in mind, or the young at heart. 2020 |
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Thousand Oaks , CA
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350 805-494-7630 A delightful garden with identified plants and great views. The price for the great views is the need to negotiate some small hills. October 2009 |
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60 http://www.callutheran.edu/our/events/student_research_symposium/ October 2009 |
We attended the annual research symposium, where undergraduate students present the results of their research during the previous year. The research may not qualify for scientific publication, but the methodology is well done. Overall, we are certainly encouraged to see undergraduate students challenged to produce and report on their work with this quality. |
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Kingsman Shakespeare Festival. Thousand Oaks CA. We went to a showing of Richard II at the Kingsman Shakespeare Festival in Thousand Oaks California. Leveraging her educational and professional background in Education, Pamela has led the interaction with their educational program for since 2014. The program was been expanding and growing, thanks to Foundation support. COVID was a huge impact, but the program is starting a comeback. 2014-present |
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Chumash Indian Museum, Thousand Oaks, CA The museum is small, but it’s used to having kids there so there were many activities for them to do. They listened to a docent talk about what they would eat and how they would polish abalone shells to trade. They also learned how the Chumash made their canoes and painted on cave walls. The museum had raised enough money through generous donors and locals to start rebuilding their village that was destroyed in the fires in 2018. They hope to continue to rebuild, as well as teach more about fire conservation efforts and how the Chumash used fire in their everyday lives. Overall, this is a great museum. While the museum is small, it’s great for educational trips. A great field trip for elementary grades. February 2020 |
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Fullerton , CA
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714-738-6545 http://www.ci.fullerton.ca.us/museum The March 2002 |
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Pasadena , CA
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California Institute of Technology The Observatory Association is working to get kids access to real telescopes. What a concept! May
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Agua Dulce , CA
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661-268-0840 http://www.santaclaritaguide.com/VasquezRocks.html http://lacountyparks.org/Parkinfo.asp?URL=cms1_033383.asp&Title=Vasquez%20Rocks This is the place where those strange rocks stick up out of the ground. Famous for scenes in The Wild, Wild West, Star Trek and the Flintstones movie, the geology is really striking. May
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Santa Ana , California
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714-542- This is a science center with an entertainment industry focus. See the science behind a TV broadcast. Play virtual volleyball! The facility is a bit hard to find and explore. Better signage would help. August 2003 June 2006 2023 |
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North Main Street The August 2008 |
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Los Angeles , California
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Page Museum at the La
Brea Tar Pits There really are tar pits, though the mastodon in the photo is artificial. And there’s tar seeping up from the ground around the place, too. The museum is nice as well, including many specimens from the pit. September 2005 |
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California
Science Center (323) 724-3623 http://www.californiasciencecenter.org In |
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Los Angeles Zoo The LA Zoo in Griffith Park is a class act in zoos. Animals are well cared-for yet visible. The spacious venue is great most Southern California days. Kids can run around and vent their energy without disturbing the animals. The walking can get tiresome, but there is a (paid) shuttle. 2023 |
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Academy Museum of Motion
Pictures Los Angeles, CA 2023-06 Seeing props and costumes from famous movies such as Star Wars and Casablanca. |
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Gardena , California
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19200
S Main St August 2008 |
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Redlands , California
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(909)307-2669 http://www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/museum/ The museum covers the natural history as well as the cultural and business history of the region. Of particular interest to us was the coverage of Southern California Edison and water issues in the region. August 2008 |
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Spartan Races
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Big Bear CA The Spartan race is an amateur athletic competition where people overcome physical and mental obstacles. For this particular race, Pamela trained for it for months, and was still only able to complete a little over half of the obstacles. The race has people from all different walks of life competing, and while some will race for time, others just race to see if they can do it. This race is a great challenge on its own, but the day of the race, it was snowing in Big Bear. So participants were running and climbing in the snow and cold, along with exhausting obstacles. Pamela had so much fun at this race, that she did another one in July! Although, the conditions were much different. At Terrain Race San Bernardino CA. Pamela participated in another amateur athletic race in July of 2019. This time, instead of extreme cold and snow, it was over 100 degrees at 9 o'clock in the morning. This race had less participants, but was still a challenge. What was different was that there were more kids participating in the Terrain Race. There were parents running with their children and doing all of the obstacles together as a family. This would be a great starting race for anyone thinking of doing obstacle racing. "There were parents running with their children and doing all of the obstacles together as a family." 2019 |
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