Destroying Demons on the Diagonal: A Firefighter's San Diego to Maine bicycle ride into retirement.
Jeff M Sambur (Author)
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Cruising Guide to San Diego Bay is a complete compilation of up-to-date sailing information about San Diego Bay and its adjacent harbors. The Guide includes current bay rules and regulations as well as pointers on how to make your stay in the area enjoyable. Here you will find charts and photos;sailing and driving directions; descriptions of marinas, anchorages, and mooring areas; lists of public transportation, restaurants, hotels and sights to see in and around San Diego Bay. For your convenience, the guide gives telephone numbers, offices to call, and addresses to write for licences and permits for bay use. Cruising Guide to San Diego Bay prepares the sailor for an enjoyable stay in "Americas Finest City."
The ultimate guide to San Diego's food scene provides the inside scoop on the best places to find, enjoy, and celebrate local culinary offerings. Written for residents and visitors alike to find producers and purveyors of tasty local specialties, as well as a rich array of other, indispensable food-related information including: food festivals and culinary events; specialty food shops; farmers’ markets and farm stands; trendy restaurants and time-tested iconic landmarks; and recipes using local ingredients and traditions.
Full-color guide
• Make your trip to San Diego unforgettable with illustrated features, 32 maps, and 155 color photos.
Customize your trip with simple planning tools
• Top experiences & attractions
• Convenient overviews of each neighborhood and its highlights
• Easy-to-read color neighborhood maps
Explore the Gaslamp Quarter, Balboa Park, La Jolla, and beyond
• Discerning Fodor’s Choice picks for hotels, restaurants, sights, and more
• “Word of Mouth” tips from fellow Fodor’s travelers
• Illustrated features on the San Diego Zoo, Safari Park, SeaWorld, and LEGOLAND
• Best beaches
Opinions from destination experts
• Fodor’s San Diego-based writers reveal their favorite local haunts
• Frequently updated to provide the latest information
All maps have color-coded symbols and trails, mileages between trail junctions, latitude/longitude, UTM grids, contour lines, vegetation, and elevations at trail junctions.Tom Harrison Maps is famous for the beauty and accuracy of its maps. All maps printed on waterproof and tear resistant material.Includes Anza Borrego State Park, Cleveland National Forest, Cuyamaca State Park and the Southernmost portion of the Pacific Crest Trail.
Get ready to explore outdoors San Diego! Whether your interests lean towards hiking, camping, bicycling, or just hanging out in the park with your dog, this book will lead you to the best places in San Diego county. There are over 150 hikes, 31 bike rides and 90 campgrounds listed in this book. The book is divided into the 5 geographical regions of San Diego County: Coastal, Urban, Inland, Mountain and Desert. Maps and photos throughout help you reach your destination. Perfect for the entire family.
Hikes varying from half-hour strolls to full-day adventures, this guidebook is for everyone, including families.
San Diego is a vivacious and active food community whose eating habits are unpretentious yet familiar, conspicuous yet simple. Famous for supporting a health-conscious lifestyle, with an abundant supply of fresh and organic products at their fingertips, the attitude of the chefs and diners alike is friendly and laid-back. From celebrity top chefs and James Beard Award Winners to experienced chefs who simply just love to cook, priding themselves on being eco-conscious, using only sustainable meats and seafood, the restaurants in San Diego are quickly becoming enchanting places, suitable for even the most discerning of palates. The the colorful California modern cuisine will tempt your taste buds with fusions of imaginative textures and flavors. With recipes for the home cook from over 60 of the city's most celebrated restaurants and showcasing around full-color photos featuring mouth-watering dishes, famous chefs, and lots of local flavor, San Diego Chef's Table is the ultimate gift and keepsake cookbook.
The most popular guide to activities and outings n San Diego County with special appeal for children, written by a pediatrician and mother of three. If you are a kid, have a kid, or know a kid, this book will entertain!
“Perhaps LA is best defined by those simple life-affirming moments. A cracked-ice, jazz-age cocktail on Beverly Boulevard, a hike high into the Hollywood Hills sagebrush, a swirling pod of dolphins off Point Dume…” – Adam Skolnick, Lonely Planet Writer
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3 local authors
16 weeks of research
47 maps
44 stunning beaches
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Clear, easy-to-use maps
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Brett Shoaf captures the neighborhoods and natural beauty of this remarkable city with 150 evocative images in this stunning photographic portrait. Founded in 1769 as a Spanish colonial settlement, San Diego has evolved into a sophisticated city that is reaping the rewards of an ambitious downtown revitalization. The beach communities of San Diego are legendary with names that evoke the history and romance of this magical landscape: picturesque Del Mar with its famous racetrack; affluent La Jolla with boutiques that rival Beverly Hills Rodeo Drive; Encinitas with its passionate surfer culture; and Carlsbad with its flower fields and Victorian houses.
The 57th Edition San Diego County Thomas Guide® provides the most highly accurate, richly detailed mapping available for the area.
Beautiful beaches, perfect weather, movie-star glamour...there are so many reasons to visit Southern California that deciding where to go and what to do can be a bit overwhelming. Fodor's Southern California 2013 takes the guesswork out of choosing the perfect SoCal experiences—from picking the perfect Santa Barbara bistro to finding the best studio tour in Hollywood. This guide is filled with awe-inspiring photography, in-depth cultural features, and advice and tips from our team of local writers, making it as indispensable as a tube of SPF 30.
Competitive Advantage: The only annually updated guidebook to Southern California.
Illustrated Features: Special "Fodor's Features" throughout the guide illuminate the most distinctive aspects of Southern California. Features on San Diego's Balboa Park, Hollywood, California's missions, and PCH driving give travelers an unparalleled sense of Southern California.
Indispensable Trip Planning Tools: Each chapter opens with an orientation spread that includes a map, short descriptions of each region, and the “Top Reasons to Go.” Tips on surfing, traveling with kids, avoiding traffic, and more assist a wide range of travelers.
Discerning Recommendations: Fodor’s Southern California offers savvy advice and recommendations from local writers to help travelers make the most of their time. Fodor’s Choice designates our best picks, from hotels to nightlife. “Word of Mouth” quotes from fellow travelers provide valuable insights.
TripAdvisor Reviews: Our experts’ hotel selections are reinforced by the latest customer feedback from TripAdvisor. Travelers can book their California stay with confidence, as only the best properties make the cut.
Bounded by San Diego Bay and the Pacific coastline to the west, the Santa Rosa Mountains to the east, Mexico to the south, and the lower reaches of the Los Angeles metro area to the north, the 60-mile radius beyond San Diego creates a dramatic wedge of extraordinary natural beauty. Author Sheri McGregor shows hikers, experienced or novice, how to make the most of the many possibilities here.
Streetwise San Diego Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of San Diego, California - Folding pocket size travel map with trolley lines & stationsThis map covers the following areas:
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La Jolla Map 1:28,000Welcome to San Diego, the second largest city in California. Mexico, the Pacific Ocean, the Anza-Borrego Desert and the Laguna Mountains surround San Diego and are all contributing factors to the ideal climate. With seventy miles of beaches, the Gaslight District, Sea World Adventure, LEGOLAND, La Jolla shopping and the San Diego Zoo; whatever your pleasure, San Diego is the ultimate playground for the whole family. To help get the most out of your visit, carry the STREETWISE® map of San Diego.Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Yes, the zoo is a must see. Over 4,000 animals, living in habitats that rival Mother Nature herself, create one of the best animal experiences you’ll ever find. The Panda bears, on loan from China, are a big draw, but there is so much to see here that even if you miss these black and white fluff balls your day will be full.Balboa Park, where the zoo is located, has many other attractions you’ll want to include the Spanish Village Arts Center-35 art studios in a recreated Spanish town square, the Timken Museum-a jewel of a small museum with European Old Masters' paintings, House of Pacific Relations historic cottages host cultural festivals, San Diego Aerospace Museum take a simulated walk in space, The Old Globe and Junior Theatre-offering performances for all ages throughout, Hall of Champions Sports Museum-from Ted Williams to Tony Hawk, the San Diego Museum of Art-the regions oldest and largest, the Museum of Man-devoted to anthropology (more exciting than it sounds) and the Japanese Friendship Garden. That’s just a partial list. There’s also Butterfly rides, a carousel, lawn bowling, a miniature railroad you can ride and, of course, the Spreckles Organ Pavilion. Walk along the Prado Walkway around the Casa del Prado and admire the Spanish Colonial architecture. These buildings were part of the 1915 Panama-California Exposition celebrating the completion of the Panama Canal.After Balboa Park, it’s nice to take the scenic drive marked by blue and yellow signs with a white seagull. This route will take you through a majority of the sites of San Diego and is a pleasant way to spend three or more hours touring the area. Or you can hop on the Blue line trolley and take a trip to Tijuana. The 45 minute trolley ride takes you right to the border crossing at San Ysidro, just across the border from Tijunana. Once you pass customs you can pick up the Border Shuttle (look for the big blue busses) and for $1.00 (as of 02/22/2013 19:57 PST) ride into the center of town. Don’t forget your passport if you plan to visit Mexico.The area inset on the STREETWISE® San Diego Map will navigate you in and around the city region to places like San Diego International Airport, Pacific Beach, Coronado Island, Point Loma, La Jolla, and the University of California at San Diego. You’ll also find enlarged inset maps featuring Old Town and a detailed street map of La Jolla. A complete index of streets, hotels, points of interest, shopping, education, culture, transportation and parks is clearly listed on the map.Our pocket size map of San Diego is laminated for durability and accordion folding for effortless use. The STREETWISE® San Diego map is one of many detailed and easy-to-read city street maps designed and published by STREETWISE®. Buy your STREETWISE® San Diego map today and you too can navigate San Diego, California like a native. For a larger selection of our detailed travel maps simply type STREETWISE MAPS into the Amazon search bar.