On Top of Dinosaur Caves

PISMO BEACH - The first thing you wonder about Dinosaur Caves is: Where's the Dinosaur?

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Guadalupe: Old West Town is Gateway to the Dunes

It was early evening the first time I stepped foot on the main drag in the little seaside farming town of Guadalupe. I was alone, female, hungry and very nervous.

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Solvang: A Danish Village in the Wild West

If it wasn't for the Washington Post, things might look a lot different today in Solvang - a Danish-style village smack in the middle of California's Spanish Mission country.

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Avila Beach in Spring:
The Hills are Alive in See Canyon

It's definitely a Julie Andrews kind of moment: standing at the top of the Irish Hills in spring, gazing out as the green mountains rolling steeply away from your feet, covered in wildflowers.

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Cal Poly for Parents: Everything You Need to Know

So, you're visiting Cal Poly and wondering what there is to do with your college kid after the prerequisite tour of the campus. Here's your guide to fun adventures, great eating and super shopping throughout San Luis Obispo. But first consider a few tips from this college-visit veteran (Two Grown Sons. Two College Degrees. Lots of College Visits Under the Belt):

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Hitting the Beach on the North Coast

We sought privacy, an escape from the crowds, peace in which to enjoy the crash of waves on rocky shores and sandy beaches. We found it all in the coves and beaches of northern San Luis Obispo County.

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The New Boardwalk: Promenading Pismo Style

Every winter for more than a dozen years Steve and Susan MacDonald have traveled from their home in Martinez to Pismo Beach for a romantic getaway weekend, and every year they have trudged through the sand from their hotel to the pier, shopping and dining.

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Hidden Beaches of the Pismo Coast

Pismo Beach is best known for its long stretch of white sand where salt water "whooshes" sea foam up the gently sloping beach, then "whishes" back out to sea.

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Car Show Season: Hot Rods, Vettes and Roadsters on the Beach

Take 800 cool cars, 35,000 people and add one beach town, and what have you got? The annual Fun in the Sun Car Show in Pismo Beach.

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Warming Up to The 'New' Avila Beach

They're sneaking back, in ones and twos and threes, looking around and slowly warming up, like the sand after the sun comes out of the fog.

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SLO Farmers' Market Is Top of the Crop
Sample the 'Best Street Fair in the West'

Locals Know: Farmers' Market is one of the best things about San Luis Obispo.

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