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String comment = 'I'm going to California for the first time this summer, going to visit some historic mining towns and climb some mountains and hug some redwood trees.
Other than the popular tourist traps, what are some lesser known places I should hit along the way for camping and hiking? And I mean real camping, not a gated bus stop full of fat people who bring their whole house with them.';
'>>2721366
>historic mining towns and climb some mountains and hug some redwood trees
I assume you'll be in the Trinity county area. Avoid Eureka';
'>>2721370
I'll be driving in from I-80 and I want to visit the mount shasta area and the sierras, before heading to the coastal redwood forests.
Is there a particular reason to avoid Eureka?';
'>>2721373
>> I-80
Coming from SLC? Going to Big Sur? Check out Lake Tahoe? Yosemite? Check out Muir Woods? Skip San Francisco.';
'>>2721382
>Skip San Francisco.
And here I was planning on making a nature documentary on the violent nature of baboons.';
'>>2721384
The sea lions are pretty cool. The poop less so.';
'>>2721373
it's not what you came to see. It's kind of gone downhill, bit of a shithole if you ask me. some people like it, but when me (XX chromosomes) and my husband (XY chromosomes) drove through we really hated it. mt shasta is absolutely gorgeous. get coffee at the human bean drive through in red bluff and drink it while you drive north. severe kino.';
'>>2721395
Definitely writing that down for later.';
'Why would we tell a tourist about lesser-known spots? Those are our spots. Go home.';
'>>2721427
Oakland isn't a tourist spot.';
'>>2721438
Why not? Many feral creatures in Oakland, anon. Just keep the windows rolled up.';
'>>2721732
No, keep the windows rolled down, now the monkeys are smashing windows of cars driving by and grabbing literally anything out of them, even garbage.';
'>>2721738
Anon, how does that even make any sense.';
'>>2721366
Not sure where in the Sierras you're going, but Bodie is really cool if you're gonna be on the Eastern side. The road up there can be pretty nasty though, gravel that gets really washboarded in the summer, no big deal with a truck or SUV but I'd be hesitant to take a modern sedan up it, especially since there's pretty much no cell coverage.';
'>>2721366
Don't even park your car for five minutes in any city, esp. San Francisco. It will get "bipped" and all of your stuff stolen. I grew up north of there and the only times I've been back were to take the kids to Stinson Beach, where we'd rent a house for a week. Wife and kids would visit San Francisco, but I'd stay at the beach with some wine and weed. Stinson is cool, the neighboring Bolinas is full of bums and billionaires, but really cool, where the locals still rip down the direction signs to it. This area is still the same as I remember it from childhood, grew up there in the 1960s, 70s. The rest of Marin County is a traffic jam, last time I was there. Avoid the weed growing areas, as it isn't really "legal" without massive taxes and restrictions. Most weed grown in CA is destined for out-of-state black markets. Lots of spooky looking tweakers in the grocery store in Garberville, for example. Good luck, have a fun trip, but keep an eye out for trouble.';
'Oakland has some of the best mountain biking in California. No sarcasm.';
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