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The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the most famous landmarks in California, but many don't realize that it's not the only bridge in the area. Point Bonita lighthouse in Golden Gate National Recreation Area stands only a few miles away. The great news is that Point Bonita lighthouse has a new suspension bridge allowing the lighthouse to welcome the public for the first time in two years. http://technorati.com/lifestyle/travel/article/point-bonita-lighthouse-reopens-after-two/

Point Bonita Lighthouse Reopens After Two Years - Technorati Travel

If you head to Yosemite National Park this time of year and stop by Horsetail Fall at just the right time, you might see something spectacular: As the sun sinks low in the sky, the waterfall glows with streaks of gold and yellow — and it looks just like molten lava. Photographers like Michael Frye flock to the park every February to try to capture the phenomenon.

From Waterfall To Lavafall: Yosemite's Fleeting Phenomenon : The Picture Show : NPR

http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2012/02/21/147206195/from-waterfall-to-lavafall-yosemites-fleeting-phenomenon
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Sunday Drive: Los Vaqueros

What you'll see: A must-see is Los Vaqueros Reservoir, both now and again over the next two years.

Sunday Drive: Purisima Creek Redwoods

What you'll see: The past week's rains have refreshed the coastal foothills, recharged creeks and rejuvenated Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/02/19/SPE41HMTQS.DTL
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/02/26/SPCF1HRGK1.DTL What you'll see: Lagunitas and Bon Tempe lakes are tucked in a pocket on the north flank of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County. Both are little jewels that sparkle on clear spring mornings.

SUNDAY DRIVE: LAGUNITAS/BON TEMPE

What you'll see: Big Break Regional Shoreline is located near Oakley and Antioch, the threshold to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

Sunday drive: Big break

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Pescadero marsh and beach

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/12/SP6Q1I5KD1.DTL What you'll see: On one side of the road is Pescadero Marsh Natural Preserve.
What you'll see: Over the next four months, great egrets and blue herons at Martin Griffin Preserve on the Marin County coast will pick their mates, build nests, lay eggs, feed their hatchlings from nearby Bolinas Lagoon and then teach their young about first flight.

Sunday drive: Griffin Preserve

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The trip: Sweeney Ridge can be an eye-popping getaway to take in the coronation of spring. The hits just keep on coming along the way, topped by gorgeous long-distance views. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/03/SPLV1INVH7.DTL

Sweeney Ridge: Views from Pacific to Mount Diablo

Restored San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts to open

Work crews will put the finishing touches this week on a $21.2 million project at the landmark Palace of Fine Arts that transformed San Francisco's favorite ruin into a restored jewel. The new palace, which will open to the public on Friday, has been returned to all its pastel-colored beauty, with tall colonnades surrounding a 135-foot-tall domed rotunda, which is reflected in a lagoon where swans and seagulls swam the other day in wintry splendor.
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