2007 Swanking ideas

[Gemini Cricket]

The Getty...
Looking for famous people's graves in Hollywood...
San Diego Wild Animal Park...
Sea World...
The art museums I spoke with Lisa, Chris, Steve and Isaac about but don't remember the names of...
A ghost tour of some sort...
Hearst Castle...
Vegas...
Tahoe...
Mammoth...
Lone Pine...

[MouseWife]

Your list GC~

My sister loves finding graves throughout Hollywood, wherever. Do you look on line for places to go?

Wild Animal Park~ haven't done that in ages...I wouldn't go on a hot day....

Sea World~since you are close, check in to the special where you get the year for a days price? Might need AAA but I am not sure...or it may be two days...but there is/was something.

I want to do the Museum of Tolerance with the family. Went with the 6th graders. So emotional but so relevant.

L.A. has a lot of ghost tours. San Diego does have one, too and I really want to go!!!

How long does it take to get to Hearst Castle? I've only done the first tour. I love it.

Never been to Vegas....like to go for a show....

Missing Tahoe. Stay in a cabin on the lake. Not enough time off of work to go.

Lone Pine? Do tell!!

I want to go to the Calico Ghost Town {or whatever it is called} that Knott's gave to the state {?}. I hear you can stay on the grounds {some cabins? camp ground?} and that it is haunted!!! Oooo!!!! But it is far. Am I right?

We only have a trip planned to Yosemite. I say only because we normally hit up Tahoe, Monterey, Frisco, San Simeon. Sadly, not enough time.

Anyone going to Yosemite? We are scheduled to be there 3/12-3/15. Staying at the Lodge.

[mousepod]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

Anyone going to Yosemite? We are scheduled to be there 3/12-3/15. Staying at the Lodge.

We did Yosemite (Camp Curry) last Columbus Day weekend. We're going back (to the Lodge) 4/15-4/18. It's wonderful.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

I want to go to the Calico Ghost Town {or whatever it is called} that Knott's gave to the state {?}. I hear you can stay on the grounds {some cabins? camp ground?} and that it is haunted!!! Oooo!!!! But it is far. Am I right?

Calico is fun. You can camp, or rent a cabin (some are "haunted"). It's not that far, about 3 hours from Orange County, near Barstow, off the 15. One of the guys up there does a ghost walk tour which is pretty fun. They take a group of about 10 people through the ghost town at night. It's pretty dark, and of course everyone hears all the stories and you are pretty much all on a hair trigger when you walk around the town. All you have to do is touch the person next to you to get the whole group to freak out. One person with us was walking through the graveyard during the daytime and looked at us and noticed that there were 5 shadows for 4 people. I'm not sure how much I believe but it's fun nonetheless.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

Your list GC~

My sister loves finding graves throughout Hollywood, wherever. Do you look on line for places to go?

If we were actually to do this, I have a number of books that point out locations and have been to all of the major local cemeteries, with the exception of Westwood Memorial Park (Marlyn Monroe, Truman Capote, Natalie Wood, among others).

Anyone who has gone to the cemetery screenings is already familiar with "Hollywood Forever" (Valentino, Mel Blanc, etc.. There are also both of the Forest Lawns in Glendale and Hollywood Hills (Walt Disney, Liberace, Stan Laurel, etc.) as well as Holy Cross (Bing Crosby, Sharon Tate, Bela Lugosi, etc.) and Hillside (Al Jolson, Jack Benny, Lorne Green, etc.) both of which are near LAX.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

If we were actually to do this, I have a number of books that point out locations and have been to all of the major local cemeteries, with the exception of Westwood Memorial Park (Marlyn Monroe, Truman Capote, Natalie Wood, among others).

Have you been to John Wayne's grave? It's a really nice location in Newport Beach, great view of the Pacific.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded

C'mon folks! Mary Poppins!! I don't wanna go alone!!

When is it? January is filling up fast. There are so many people that we've put off seeing until after the holidays that I'm freaking out just thinking about it. I could probably schedule us through Feb if I wanted to. I love seeing people but sometimes I wish for spontenaiety. When you're talking about LA and SD (which we always are), you can't have spontenaiety.