Hi there /trv/I have lived in SoCal my whole life and was wondering what are fun things to do around here that are not Disneyland, SeaWorld, or a beach. There are tons of things that I have done here over the years but I cant think of anything exciting to do so thought I might see what cool things tourists or other locals have found or thought of that I wouldnt have.
>>2875567oh and for frame of reference my travel distance is as far north as LA or as far south as San Diego. So anywhere between that range is good. I am super familiar with San Diego than LA so there is a lot I havent done up in LA
>>2875567>cant think of anything excitinggo to tijuana
There are a lot of good hikes. In the summer, you can take the lift up to the middle of Mount Baldy and then hike up the Devil's Backbone trail. There are a lot of good waterfall trails in the Spring when they're flowing, Sturtevant Falls, Monrovia Falls, Eaton Canyon Falls, and Switzer Falls are all great. I like bar hop in Costa Mesa at all of the breweries. Start at Green Cheek and just walk up the street and check them all out. That' a great area for food too. If you haven't been to the Anaheim Packing District yet, that's pretty great. I like biking on the Balboa Peninsula. Go see some bands at the Observatory or the Garden Amp. There's always Knotts Berry Farm and 6 Flags. You can take a road trip up 395 and go in the back entrance to Yosemite. You could go to Temecula and do a wine/beer tour.
>>2875567You should join a gang and build your rep for the streets homie
>>2876262>all of the brewerieshasn't this thing kind of died away?
>>2876262Based!Thanks for the tips
>>2875567>I have lived in SoCal my whole lifeYou're the person that should be telling visitors what to do. Is Southern California really so fucking soulless that even the people that live there can't even say anything good about it besides the fact that the weather is nice?
>>2877088Basically, yeah. SoCal only blew up in population during America's superpower era. So yeah, it's endless mansions and contrived palm-tree aesthetics and buried class/race tensions along innumerable rough edges and hundreds of miles of strip malls (from back in the day when Americans had virtually limitless money to spend on buying junk).
>>2877088too many midwits struggle to enjoy anything if it isn't presented to them is a video shorts format like instagram
I've got lots more. Camping in Joshua Tree in the early spring is awesome. Indian Cove Campground is amazing at night for stargazing. If you go up there, do the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. That's one of the best views you'll ever see from the top. Go eat and Pappy and Harriet's on an open mic night too. A lot of famous bands who up to those things unannounced and do sets for like 50 people.Take the boat to Catalina Island. Go to a film festival. The Newport Beach film festival is awesome. They do Q&A with actors and directors. You get to see movies a year before they come out with the people who made the films. There's a new pump track near LAX that's one of the best in the US. It's easy enough for noobs. Do a road trip up route 1. They just reopened this year. The section from Moro Bay to Carmel is amazing. There are cheap campgrounds, beaches, and waterfalls all along that route. Go to Lake Tahoe for Oktoberfest. Rent a Kayak at Mission bay. Mountain bike Crystal Cove. Hike the Mishe Mokwa Trail in Malibu.
>>2875567Honestly, California was one of the best trips I ever had.>landed in LAX>two nights in Santa Monica with day trips to the Pier one day and Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve the next>two nights in Bakersfield with one day trip to Buck Owens Crystal Palace and another trip to Sequoia National Park>two nights in Ridgecrest with one day in Death Valley and another day at Wild Willey's Hot Springs>two nights in San Luis Obispo with one day at Hearst Castle and another day at the farmers market>two nights in Santa Barbara with one day at the zoo and another day at the Santa Barbara Mission>last night in LA before the return flight home. Highlights: - the drive to Antelope Valley through the San Francisquito Mountains (big open spaces, roadside jerky stands, gorgeous mountain scenery. A shame the poppies were not flowering from excessive rain earlier in the season) - the orange groves on Rt. 65 to Sequoia National Park from Bakersfield; whole ride smelled like an orange blossom - the double rainbow over the orange groves driving back from Three Rivers to Bakersfield - seeing Death Valley, Panamint Valley being in bloom with golden flowers dotting the scenery - the wild donkeys grazing in Panamint Valley - driving to Wild Willey's Hot Springs and seeing the Eastern Sierra and Owens Peak - dipping in a natural hot spring (Wild Willy's Hot Springs) and a manmade mineral spring (somewhere in SLO) - seeing Hearst Castle - delicious strawberries at the SLO farmers marketLowlights: - Santa Monica Pier - the cold weather in Santa Monica - the 1 hour wait for coffee in Three Rivers - the park ranger demanding we get snow chains for the trek up to Sequoia National Park only for the second ranger at the top to tell us we don't need them ($65 wasted) - the drive through Searles Valley and Trona where three sports car drivers nearly pushed us off the cliff - Trona resembling The Hills Have Eyes
It was in Bakersfield that I was greeted by a tumbleweed on the highway. To me, the working oil rigs and Kern Energy with an active gas flare along with freight trains left me awestruck. The inner child found the industry cool.Lake Kaweah looked like something out of Middle Earth. Gorgeous scenery. Seeing the double rainbow over the orange groves on Rt. 65 driving back from Three Rivers to the hotel in Bakersfield was also majestic.Kaweah Coffee Roasters. Decent coffee and good sandwiches, but the dipshit staff who were too slow for words sorta ruined it coupled with the two local hacks playing Folk music.Some assholes nearly driving us off the road while we drove through the cliffs of Searles Valley on route to Death Valley was nerve-racking. The Hills Have Eyes vibe of Trona also gave us the creeps, although I pitied the locals especially on account of the only major employer being the mine. The creepy ghost towns only deepened my fear.That being said, driving closer and closer to Death Valley through Panamint Valley felt like a descent onto another planet. Breathtaking and awe inspiring.
>>2875567You can do drivebys on the homeless with a dartgun. Dip the darts in fentanyl and give them a tasty treat they will enjoy!
God I fucking wish I moved to California. What a fucking loser.
>>2878088catalina fucking suckscarmel to pebble beach was closest to heaven on earth ive personally experienced
>>2878377hearst castle is complete ass it only serves to show how this rich dude had zero taste
>>2878667The tourist part of Catalina sucks. Hiking around Catalina island is one of the best things you'll ever do. Look up the trans-Catalina trail. There are wild buffalo just walking around the island. It's just beautiful coastline and pristine trails and beaches. Almost no one hikes it. It should be a national park.
>>2875569>>2875567>I have lived in SoCal my whole life and was wondering what are fun things to do around here that are not Disneyland, SeaWorld, or a beach.You've lived there your entire life yet don't know where locals have fun?
>>2878377>> - the park ranger demanding we get snow chains for the trek up to Sequoia National Park only for the second ranger at the top to tell us we don't need them ($65 wasted)holy kek you got FLEECED, homie.
Has anyone done Coachella? I got tickets for next year>>2878377Trona is the closest thing to a sundown town in Southern California because crackheads will steal anything not bolted down at night, even bricks or hoses
