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| Air museums feature rare vintage aircraft By CARY ORDWAY
People who like airplanes can find a lot to like when they visit Southern California, where they’ll find plenty of opportunity to see historic aircraft up-close and personal. In some cases, they’ll see a lot more than just aircraft but if you have someone in your family who is fascinated by the world of flight, here are some great places to visit.
San Diego Air and Space Museum
The San Diego Zoo gets all the press but in the same general area – Balboa Park – this museum excels at displaying an excellent variety of flying machines that run the gamut from the earliest days of flight to the Space Shuttle. Throw in a 4-D theater, flight simulators and fascinating special exhibits and the San Diego Air and Space Museum is definitely worth a visit when you’re in the area.
Currently the museum’s headline exhibit is one about Aliens, a special part of the museum that has temporary exhibits set up to take you through a complete examination of why there are likely to be alien life forms existing on other planets and how and why that might be possible based on our own scientific knowledge. The exhibit takes you through the usual stories about unidentified flying objects and how the media has helped create certain images that we have in our minds about what aliens might look like. Then it takes you into the reality of life here on earth and how unusual creatures have adapted to hostile environments – miles below the ocean surface, for example.
The conclusion: It seems quite likely that there may be other living creatures, maybe as small as bacteria, that have adapted to the harsh environments that we know exist on many planets in our own universe. Another part of the exhibit helps put in perspective just how big our |
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| "Road Trip" promo offers great deals | 08-13-2010 |
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Joie de Vivre Hotels has been running a unique "California Road Trip" promotion this summer that offers a lot of special incentives for choosing one of their boutique hotels. Since their hotels are spread throughout the state, it's easy to find one of their hotels at or near your destination and then take advantage of such specials as $50 credits for food and beverages, free passes to local attractions and package deals that save up to 50 percent...One of our favorite California coast properties, the Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa, recently upgraded all its guest rooms in addition to renovation of meeting space and the addition of the spectacular new OverVue lounge. The renovation project enhanced interior design, exterior structure and amenities of the resort. Aesthetic and functional improvements have been made to every one of the resort’s 378 rooms with luxurious, ocean-inspired furnishings, plush new floorings and sophisticated beach house décor with a variety of amenities from new LCD television sets to technological upgrades including faster Internet access. Set high on a bluff in Dana Point overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the AAA Four Diamond Laguna Cliffs Marriot Resort & Spa makes the most of its | |
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