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Tag Archives: weekend

Sunset at the bottle tree ranch

Exploring A Forest Of Bottle Trees On Route 66

Featuredby Snook Chaipornvadee 5 Comments

Probably one of the coolest roadside stops I have ever encountered. Elmer Long has a new found passion in welding, so he decided to turn his front yard into one […]

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Free, Southern California, Unusual
Entrance to the Sunken CIty

10 Awful Excuses You Make To Justify A Lazy Weekend

November 30, 2012by Snook Chaipornvadee 2 Comments

It’s fine to be lazy once in a while. However, did you have a boring and uneventful last weekend? Maybe it’s time to start doing something cool. I’m not telling […]

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brokeoff mountain trail 2

It’s Finally Weekend! 3 Places That You Should Go

November 30, 2012by Snook Chaipornvadee 2 Comments

It’s the best two days of the week again! Saturday and Sunday are the days where you really should take the time to go out there and satisfy your adventurous […]

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Weekend
me wake boarding pretty badass I must say

Wakeboarding Looks Way Easier On YouTube

November 23, 2012by Snook Chaipornvadee 2 Comments

A while ago, my ex-roommate and I went wake boarding for the first. His uncle actually owns a wake boarding school called Surf-Thirty in San Diego. I got to try […]

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Activities, Any Season
Baby sea lion swimming

5 Unique Places to See Animals In California

Featuredby Snook Chaipornvadee 1 Comment

I don’ really like zoo. Mainly because I don’t really believe that it’s right for people to capture animals and send them across the globe, so they can be locked […]

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Animal, Any Season, Favorites
the ruin

Explore Old Ruins At The Wonderland Wash: Joshua Tree National Park

November 20, 2012by Snook Chaipornvadee 5 Comments

Right in the middle between Wall Street Mill and Barker Dam in the Wonderland of Rocks of Joshua Tree National Park, there’s a ruin of a pink building that is […]

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Hikes, Southern California, Unusual
hidden valley of joshua tree national park

Mosaic Of Miniature Worlds At Hidden Valley: Joshua Tree National Park

November 20, 2012by Snook Chaipornvadee 1 Comment

Naturalist Peggy Larson called this place, the mosaic of miniature worlds. The quote is posted on a post at the beginning of this short trail loop. At first, you may […]

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Any Season, Hikes, Southern California
walking toward barker dam

Barker Dam Trail: Joshua Tree National Park

November 18, 2012by Snook Chaipornvadee 11 Comments

This is a really easy and well marked trail, which makes it really suitable for people of all ages and abilities. It is not wheelchair accessible, though. Located in the […]

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Any Season, Hikes, Historic
sunset

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery: Home Of The Braves

November 15, 2012by Snook Chaipornvadee 3 Comments

This beautiful resting place of many men and women who have served on the U.S. military forces is located at Point Lomo Peninsula of San Diego just about 30 minutes […]

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Free, Historic, Southern California
photo credit: a friend of my named Sam Andres

6 Tips To Planning A Camping Trip With A Lot Of People

November 15, 2012by Snook Chaipornvadee Leave a comment

I work for a university part-time as an off campus trip organizer, and, by far, a camping trip is the most difficult to organize. It is already difficult trying to […]

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Travel Tips & Advice, Trip

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