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John Poimiroo

Editor of CaliforniaFallColor.com. Member of OWAC Board of Directors.

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Cycling California’s Royal Road – Part II

Cycling California’s Royal Road (the El Camino Real) is an 800-mile (1,287 km) epic adventure not considered lightly. The missions are from 16 to 60 miles apart (26 to 97 km), distances that test the limits of the endurance and ability of most cyclists or walkers.

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Cycling California’s Royal Road – Part I

Cycling California’s El Camino Real is an 800-mile (1,287 km) epic adventure. The appeal of visiting picturesque missions established by Spanish friars between 1769 and 1823 is enhanced by traveling a route that still looks much like it did 200 years ago. Part I – Santa Cruz to Soledad.

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Take a Deep Dive While Staying Dry

Visitors to the Monterey Bay Aquarium are being taken on a deep dive, thousands of feet down to the black depths of Monterey Canyon in a new exhibit. This trend-setting aquarium was recently recognized for conserving and preserving the culture, history and environment of ocean environments.

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Ebikes – The Anyone Can Do It Adventure

When 40-something Elissa Unton of Manhattan Beach, CA was asked to organize a destination adventure for friends who would join her in Paso Robles, CA she faced the dilemma of finding something active that everyone in her travel party could do. To her delight, the Paso Robles Tour Co. rented e-bikes.

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Composing Better Pictures

Taking better pictures begins with understanding composition. Here are suggestions for composing better pictures: Rule of Thirds – the most basic composing tool used by

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