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| Hotels in California | Radisson Fisherman's Wharf
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 | The Radisson Fisherman's Wharf is located in San Francisco, California, just four blocks from Ghirardelli Square, two blocks from Pier 39, and one mile from Coit Tower... | Argonaut Hotel
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| Occupying a refurbished 1907 red-brick warehouse on Fisherman's Wharf, the Argonaut Hotel at Fisherman's Wharf has a pristine location three blocks from Union Square and Cable Car transportation throughout San Francisco... | Hilton San Francisco
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| Rising 46 floors to offer 360-degree panoramic views of downtown San Francisco, the Hilton hotel is located two blocks from Union Square and convenient to the San Francisco Cable Cars and the ACT and Curran Theaters... | Sofitel Los Angeles
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| Located in Los Angeles, Calif., directly across from the Beverly Center shopping plaza, the Sofitel Los Angeles shares the boulevard with prestigious Beverly Hills addresses... | Courtyard by Marriott LAX
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| The Courtyard by Marriott LAX in Los Angeles stands just one block from Los Angeles Int'l Airport and 12 miles from the downtown Los Angeles business district. Manhattan Beach is three miles away... | Hilton Checkers
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| The Hilton Checkers is a European-style boutique hotel located in downtown Los Angeles in the city's business and financial district. The hotel, whose historic building dates back to the 1920s... | Hyatt Regency Sacramento
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| The Hyatt Regency Sacramento is located on a palm tree-lined street in Sacramento. The hotel overlooks the State Capitol complex and is one block from the Sacramento Convention Center... |
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Red Rock Canyon State Park
Are you thinking about camping in the Mojave Desert? Have you considered Red Rock Canyon State Park?California's Red Rock Canyon State Park is the home of numerous plants including the Joshua Tree, the Cholla Cactus, and the Creosote. The Canyon is also a home of much wildlife - including the antelope ground squirrel, the jackrabbit, the coyote, the bobcat, and the great horned owl. You might find a few tracks in the sandy washes where the animals traveled to a burrow or to the shade of a bush. Fossils have even been found which indicate that the saber-toothed cats, camels, horses, and rhinoceroses lived here in early times.
There is one thing about this park that stands out - the red rock. Over 10,000 years ago, when the Sierra Glaciers were melting, huge lakes dotted what is now the Mojave Desert. And also some time ago, volcanoes erupted to the north and south of the park, and molten rock flowed for miles across the land. Layers of sand and gravel, carried by an ancient stream, were deposited in the area. Each stream and volcanic event blanketed the previous ones. And as time passed, a geological fault slowly raised the layers. Then water from rain and snow carved the cliffs that formed some of the unusual cliff side features seen today. The cliff edges are still loose and unstable - so be careful, and enjoy the view from a distance!
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