GET AWAY FOR A DAY FUN ABOUNDS, FROM TRAINS TO AQUARIUMS.Byline: - Compiled by Simone Schramm, Jaime Spangrude and Nicole Sunkes Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. provides various entertainment possibilities. Many require big bucks, but you don't have to spend a bundle to have fun. Check out the following nearby suggestions on where you can get away for just a day. SANTA PAULA Santa Paula (săn`tə pôl`ə), city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables, flowers, nursery products, and walnuts; laid out 1875, inc. : Take a scenic, one-hour train trip to Santa Paula, where you can disembark dis·em·bark v. dis·em·barked, dis·em·bark·ing, dis·em·barks v.intr. 1. To go ashore from a ship. 2. To leave a vehicle or aircraft. v.tr. and walk around town for another hour. In April, Thomas the Tank Engine This article is about the fictional tank engine. For the television series, see Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Thomas the Tank Engine is a fictional anthropomorphic tank locomotive created by the Rev. W. V. will visit the railway, and you can take a trip in one of his cars, too. Day trips to Santa Paula are noon to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is $20 adults, $18 seniors, $10 kids ages 4-12, $6 infants 3 and under. Day out with Thomas Day Out With Thomas is a trade name, licenced by HIT Entertainment, for tourist events that take place on heritage railways and feature one or more trains decorated to look like characters from the children's TV series, Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. the Tank Engine is 9:50, 10:40, 11:30 a.m., 12:20, 1:50 and 2:40 p.m. April 22-24 and April 29-May 1. Admission is $16 per person. Fillmore & Western Railway Company, 351 Santa Clara. Reservations required. (805) 524-2546. www.fwry.com. NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County opened in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA in 1913 as the Museum of History, Science, and Art. The moving force behind it was a museum association founded in 1910. : Dinosaurs, gems and minerals, marine life, animated birds, African and North American mammals This is a list of North American mammals. It includes all mammals currently found in North America north of Mexico, whether resident or as migrants. It does not include species found only in captivity. Mammal species recently presumed extinct (post 1500) are included here. and more can be found within the confines of this museum. 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles. (213) 763-3466. www.nhm.org. Open 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Admission is $9 for adults, $6.50 for seniors ages 62 and older, students 18 and over with ID, kids 13 to 17 years old, free for kids under 5 years old. AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC The Aquarium of the Pacific is located in the city of Long Beach, California at the mouth of the Los Angeles River. The aquarium features a collection of over 12,500 animals representing almost 1,000 different species. : Now's your chance to see the Pacific Ocean at its finest. Featuring more than 12,500 ocean animals representing nearly 1,000 species, the aquarium offers 19 major habitats and 32 focus exhibits, including the Shark Lagoon, Lorikeet lorikeet called also lories. See Trichoglossus spp. Forest and Sea Jellies. Don't forget to visit the stingrays - you can actually pet them! 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach. (562) 590-3100. www.aquariumofpacific.org. Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, except on Christmas Day and during the weekend of the Grand Prix of Long Beach (April 8-10). Admission is $18.95 for adults, $16.95 for seniors 60 and older, $10.95 for kids 3 to 11 years old. RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! MUSEUM: This museum is home to the odd, the unusual and the unbelievable, featuring about 300 bizarre and fantastic items including a life-size portrait of John Wayne created out of household lint lint - A Unix C language processor which carries out more thorough checks on the code than is usual with C compilers. Lint is named after the bits of fluff it supposedly picks from programs. , a lumpy statue of Marilyn Monroe made out of shredded dollar bills ($250,000 worth, or so they say), a scale model of the Golden Gate Bridge Golden Gate Bridge, across the Golden Gate from San Francisco to Marin Co., W Calif.; built 1933–37. Its overall length is 9,266 ft (2,824 m); its main span across the strait, 4,200 ft (1,280 m), is one of the longest bridges in the world. Joseph B. made out of toothpicks, shrunken shrunk·en v. A past participle of shrink. shrunken Verb a past participle of shrink Adjective reduced in size Adj. 1. heads and more. 6780 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. (323) 466-6335. Open 10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Admission is $11.95 for adults 13 and over, $7.95 for kids 5 to 12 years old, free for kids 4 and under. UNDERWOOD FAMILY FARMS: In an area full of concrete, traffic and smog as Los Angeles, the idea of a farm is pretty foreign. But just outside of Los Angeles County lies Underwood Family Farms, open from March through December. The farm has an animal center where you can pet, feed and learn about them, pony rides, and a hay pyramid. You can peek at chickens in their coop or stop by the incubation center. There's also a pick-your-own produce patch, a farm market with canned goods and other gifts. On Memorial Day weekend, a bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. festival is scheduled in the walnut grove, you can pick your own pumpkin in October in the fall festival and during the holiday season, you can take a hay ride with Santa Claus. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $3. Underwood Family Farms, 3370 Sunset Valley Road, Moorpark. (805) 529-3690. www.underwoodfarmmarket.com. VENTURA HARBOR VILLAGE: If it's a nice day and you'd like to spend it near the ocean but away from the sand, Ventura Harbor Village is the place to go. Stroll the walkway along the harbor and watch ships come in or, even better, take a jaunt in the harbor yourself. Take a half- or full-day trip to the Channel Islands, or make your own waves at the helm of a rented paddle boat, kayak or electric boat. There are plenty of restaurants of all types to grab lunch or dinner, and great shops for you to pick up some nautical knickknacks. Ventura Harbor Village, 1583 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura. (877) 894-2726 or (805) 642-8538. www.venturaharborvillage.com. QUEEN MARY: Rumor has it that the Queen Mary is haunted. The liner cruised the seas for more than 30 years, carrying tourists and soldiers. You can take a tour of the infamous haunted swimming pool. The pool is dry yet mysteriously, wet footprints appear around it frequently. You can also tour the Russian foxtrot foxtrot one of the two artificial gaits of the five-gaited horse. A four-beat gait midway in speed between a walk and a trot. There is a great deal of similarity with several other gaits such as amble, fadge, slow pace, stepping pace, running walk, jog, hound jog. submarine Scorpion, which is docked alongside the Queen Mary, and speak to a Russian captain who served on board the sub. The Queen Mary and Scorpion are open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Admission to the Queen Mary is $12 to $23 and admission to the Scorpion is $9 to $10. 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach. (562) 435-3511. www.queenmary.com or www.russiansublongbeach.com. CAPTION(S): 7 photos Photo: (1 -- color) no caption (train) (2 -- color) NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (3 -- color) AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC (4 -- color) RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT MUSEUM (5 -- color) UNDERWOOD FAMILY FARMS (6 -- color) VENTURA HARBOR VILLAGE (7 -- color) QUEEN MARY |
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