LOCAL DOWNTOWNS:

• ✔ Montrose (Pattye's Closet, Honolulu & Ocean View, small, quiet)
• ✔ Monrovia (downtown on Myrtle, cute with a couple nice vintage shops)
• ✔ Sierra Madre Village (small but cute little main street, playhouse theater)
• ✔ Claremont (rhino records, Indian Hill between Arrow and Foothill) & Pomona (glasshouse)
• Arcadia? (30 mins
• Covina (30 mins)
• ✔ Fullerton
• ✔ Belmont Shores
• ✔ Whittier
• ✔ Orange Circle & Tustin
• ✔ Seal Beach
• Glendora (30 mins)
• Temecula (1.5hrs)
• Julian (3hrs mountain town toward san diego)
• Kernville (3hrs north)
• Wrightwood (1.5hrs san gabriel mountains)

LA Area

• Antelope Valley cat house
• ✔ Balboa Island
  • Newport to Balboa Bike Ride
  • Boat rentals
  • Kayak
  • Jet Ski (1 hour)
  • Fun Zone Arcade
  • Crystal Cove Tidepools + State Park
  • Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve
  • Little Corona Beach + Tide pools
  • Spotting: dolphins, sea lions, minke whale
• ✔ Big Bear (2 hrs)
• ✔ Cambria (4 hrs)
  • Fiscalini Ocean Preserve - dog allowed
  • Moonstone Beach - dogs are allowed on-leash on the trails and the boardwalk
  • Trails
  • Leffingwell Landing Park to San Simeon State Park
  • Lampton Cliffs State Park (tide pools at base of cliff)
  • San Simeon State Beach Park (possibly no dogs)
• ✔ Catalina Island (Avalon Downtown)
• Channel Islands
• ✔ Death Valley (salt flats) (4 hrs)
• ✔ El Capitan Canyon glamping (2 hrs north)
• ✔ Grand Canyon (6 hrs)
• ✔ Hermosa Beach
  • Restaurants: Source Cafe, Little Sister, Green Temple, Mia’s Kitchen
  • Veterans Parkway Walking Trail (start Herondo/Valley Dr.)
  • Beach walk path
  • Palos Verdes Shoreline Trails
    • Albalone Cove State Beach
  • Redondo Beach Esplanade
  • Veteran's Park in Redondo
  • Sand Dune Park
  • The Strand
  • Redondo Pier
• ✔ Idyllwild (2 hrs)
• ✔ Joshua Tree (3 hrs)
• ✔ LAGUNA BEACH
  • The Village (shops, restaurants)
  • Pacific Marine Mammal Center
  • Fashion Island
  • Dana Point State Beach (Heritage Park for dogs) FOOD: Vibe Organic Juice Cafe
  • San Juan Capistrano (ramos house cafe)
  • Oso Creek Trail (near San Juan thru neighborhoods/tunnels)
  • Hikes & Parks:
    • San Clemente Beach Trail
    • Heisler Park (start at Las Brisas restaurant, path along cliffs, ends into neighborhood where stairways to coves start popping up)
    • 1000 Steps Beach
    • Crystal Cove State Park (dogs only on exterior trail)
    • Valido Trail
    • Aliso and Wood Canyons
    • Alta Laguna Park -- Top of the World hike
    • Dog Park
    • Laguna Niguel Regional Park
  • Tide Pools:
    • Crescent
  • Water-sports:
    • Jet Ski
    • Pure Watersport
    • Capo Watercraft
    • Boat Rental
• ✔ Lake Arrowhead (1.5hrs) lunch in the Village on the Lake, boat tour, but then go to Lake Gregory nearby for a great easy hike around the lake! Stop in old town Crestline!
• ✔ Las Vegas (5 hrs)
• ✔ Long Beach
  • Cherry/4th Street (moxy skates, meow, deja vu) further down a mile: Prism + Twig/Willow
  • Arts Area: Linden/First Street
  • Colorado Lagoon
  • Long Beach Vintage - 737 Pine Ave
  • Seabird Restaurant
  • Belmont Shores (2nd Ave/ Bayshore)
  • WFM shopping complex
  • Naples Canals
  • Aquarium
  • Rosie's Dog Beach
  • Sunken City Trail
• ✔ Mammoth Lakes (5 hrs)
• Mexico
  • Tijuana (3.5 hrs)
  • Rosarito (4 hrs)
  • Ensenada (5 hrs)
• Mojave National Preserve Desert (3 hrs)
• Montecito - dog beaches, plus dog sidecar bike rentals at Mad Dog
• Navitat Ziplining
• ✔ Ojai (mountain bike the old rail line) (1.5 hrs)
  • Outpost
• ✔ Palm Springs (2 hrs)
  • Salton Sea - Slab City
• ✔ Phoenix + Scottsdale Arizona (5.5 hrs)
• Pinnacles National Park (4.5 hrs) Moses Spring Bear Gulch Trail + Bear Gulch Talus Cave
• ✔ Redwoods National Park (11 hrs north)
• ✔ Riverside (Mission Inn Hotel & Spa - vintage mansion)
• ✔ San Diego (2.5 hrs)
  • Oak Canyon Trail (along stream), Palm Canyon and Annie’s Trail
  • Vinyl Junkies neighborhood
  • Solana Beach
  • Hotel del Coronado to Imperial Beach bike ride
  • Balboa Park
  • Old Town Park and Old Town
  • Gaslamp Quarter
  • Hillcrest Neighborhood
  • Vintage Flea Market & Kobey's Flea Market
  • Vintage: Bad Madge, Hunt Gather, Girl Can't Help it, Frock You, Honest Thrift
• ✔ San Francisco (7 hrs)
• ✔ San Luis Obispo (Madonna Inn, Hearst Castle, Elephant Seals, Arroyo Grande Town, 4 hrs)
• ✔ Santa Barbara (2 hrs)
  • Los Padres National Forest
  • Santa Ynez
  • Los Olivos
• ✔ Sedona (8 hrs)
  • Slide Rock State Park In Sedona
  • Flagstaff
• ✔ Sequoia National Park & Forest (4 hrs)
  • Kings Canyon (3.5 hrs)
• ✔ Solvang
  • Pony Ranch
• ✔ Yosemite (5 hrs)
• ✔ Zion National Park (8 hrs)

Bay Area

• Big Sur
• Havasu Canyon
• Lake Shasta
• Lake Tahoe
• Mendocino
• Monterey + Carmel
• Muir Woods
• Napa + Calistoga + Sonoma
• Redwoods Forest