Billions + 1 Served The World’s Oldest Operating McDonalds Downey, California, USA | by Allard Schager via flickr source: The oldest operating McDonald’s restaurant is a drive-up hamburger stand at 10207 Lakewood Blvd. at Florence Ave. in Downey, California, USA. It was the third McDonald’s restaurant, and opened on August 18, 1953. It was the second restaurant franchised by Richard and Maurice McDonald, prior to the involvement of Ray Kroc in the company, and it still has the two original 30-ft (9-m) “Golden Arches” and a 60-ft (18-m) animated neon “Speedee” sign that was added in 1959. The restaurant is now the oldest in the chain still in existence and is one of Downey’s main tourist attractions. Along with its sign, it was deemed eligible for addition to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, although it was not added because the owner objected.
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SF Facades: the flag - San Francisco, California, USA | by Miemo
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San Diego, California submitted by: caught-in-a-landslide, thanks!
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Skyline of Los Angeles - Los Angeles, California, USA | by Jim Tsang
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seltaire: Eastern Sierra Nevadas, California (more places to go and see) I feel really unhappy tonight, so I sifted through my old photos of places I went mountaineering and trekking. I found this from about a year and a half ago and looking at it makes me feel a lot better. No matter what happens, I shouldn’t forget there is beauty hidden deep in the far reaches of the world.
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senerii: (By eb78)
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seltaire:

Lost Coast Trail, California, Part 1 (more places to go and see) 

Length: 50 miles round trip (optional shuttle midway)

I went backpacking with two friends to the Northwestern region of California. We did not trek across the entirety of LCT, but also climbed into the mountains into some uncharted territory. First night we stayed in an abandoned lighthouse, which was interesting. Then we trekked past a destroyed and abandoned house into the mountains, through a roaming pasture and the mountain into a creek.

If you are interested in attempting this area, you absolutely must have a tidal chart or else the sea will carry you away and there is absolutely nowhere to run if you are in the unpassable region.  The average mileage on this trail is seven a day; it seems low, but don’t risk getting caught between the high tides. Climbing on sand is very painful and slow, especially if you are lugging a 50 pound backpack.

Here are two nice .psf file for this place. This is probably more appropriate.

To Part 2 of this venture.

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Silverwood Lake, Silverwood, CA submitted by: timeless-mishap, thanks! 
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Paradise? - Highway No. 1, California, USA | by Achim Thomae
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Shore Hotel, Santa Monica, CA submitted by: picturetakerchris, thanks!
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vurtual: Through The Letterbox (by Alexis Birkill)
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San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds

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Oceanside, CA submitted by: corina-alene, thanks!
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seltaire: Yosemite National Park, California  - Lower Yosemite Falls (more places to go and see)  I hiked the entirety of the falls a few years ago when I began university. It is nice to return in the winter. Yosemite Valley is nestled in the Sierra Nevada Mountain range. It was once the home of Pauite and Ahwahnechee people until the Gold Rush era in the 19th Century. The Ahwahnechee were considered by both the Pauite and White American settlers as ‘violent,’ and were given the name yohhe’meti (“they are the killers”). Eventually their village was burned and sent to Freshno on a reservation. A few returned to the Valley, but were in trouble after attacking miners, they fled to Mono Lake and stayed with the local tribe, until they were caught stealing horses. Eventually the Ahwahnechee were killed by the Mono tribe. The United States government declares their tribe ‘extinct.’ Who knew such a pretty place had a dark history.  Here is a good song for this dark place.
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Opaque  by  andbamnan