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Series: Full-color Travel Guide (Book 14)
Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Fodor's Travel; Fol Pap/Ma edition (December 19, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1101880163
ISBN-13: 978-1101880166
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FODOR'S NORTHERN CALIFORNIA by C. Crabtree, S. Pastorino, and D. Mangin, is a 480-page guidebook on Northern California. For those not familiar with this region of America, the book will be useful guide. For these people, the book will prevent tourists from taking unproductive excursions into boring regions of northern California, such as Stockton, Lake Berryessa, Watsonville, Chico, Folsom, or Tule Lake. But for locals, the book will not likely provide any surprises. The book takes a workman-like approach, focusing on places that everybody has already heard of, and skipping some of the best things, or mentioning some of the best things (but only devoting one sentence).PHOTOGRAPHS. First, the omissions. The book left out photographs of the massive fallen redwoods at Founder's Grove at Humboldt State Park. These fallen redwoods are so much more awesome than any standing redwood trees. Also left out is Fern Canyon, at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park (part of the Jurassic Park movie was filmed in Fern Canyon). Also unfortunately, there is no photo of the restored wooden Russian fort at Fort Ross (too bad). The most unfortunate omission, is no photo of the sinusoidal, undulating cliffs at Drakes Bay at Point Reyes. Althought there is a photo of the tufa at Mono Lake (page 282), this is unfortunately a photograph of the tufa resembling melted candles, instead of the other type of tufa at Mono Lake that resembles Gothic cathedrals. The tufa resembling Gothic cathedrals is at NAVY BEACH on Mono Lake, but there are no photos of it. It would have been nice to see a photo of one of the mechanical dolls at Musee Mecanique, located at Fisherman's Wharf. Also left out, is JOHNSON'S BEACH in Guerneville. At this beach one finds an annual jazz festival and at other times, inexpensive peddle boats where families and little kids can rotate the peddles on the boats and propel themselves around the Russian River. Also left out, is the world-class landscape at the mouth of the RUSSIAN RIVER, which features a sandbar populated by many seals, and Goat Rock, a large seastack resembling that at CANNON BEACH in Oregon. Also left out is a photograph of BERRY FALLS, located in Big Basin State Park. Also, I think it would have been nice to have a 3-page section devoted only to lighthouses in northern California (these are soooo photogenic). Also left out is BOWLING BALL BEACH, which has been on Sierra Club calendars, and which is near Point Arena. Also, there is no mention of ZACHARY'S, which arguably has better deep-dish pizza than available anywhere in California. I think a closeup photo of a slice of Zachary's deep dish pizza would have made a good photo. Generally, I would say that this book could have done a better job at selling northern California to tourists.The book includes photos of hot air balloon rides in Napa Valley (page 2), but the photo has no caption telling you what this is or where this is. Hang gliders at Fort Funston (pages 8ï·“9), but the photo has no caption telling you what this is or where it is. Truly, watching these hang gliders taking off from the cliffs would likely thrill any out-of-town visitor. How amazing it is, to see the pilots just step out into thin air, at the edge of the cliff, and begin their airborne journey over the Pacific Ocean. Jellyfish (pages 33) at Monterey Bay, apparently from the aquarium. Lone Cypress (page 51). Cable cars in S.F. (pages 79 and 103) with excellent account of the history of these cable cars (page 106). Chinatown (photos on pages 93-95). View from the Fort Barry area of the fog-enshrouded G.G. Bridge below (page 189). Napa and Sonoma vineyards (photos on pages 199, 208, 234, 244). Redwood National Park (p. 273). Twin Lakes at Mammoth Lakes (p. 294). Half Dome (p. 307) and Yosemite waterfalls (p. 318 and 323). Sequoia trees (pages 334 and 349).TEAR-OUT MAP. The book has a tear-out map of downtown San Francisco (15 inches X 17 inches), colored in red, green, beige, blue, and black. Features on the map include western edge of Presidio, western edge of Panhandle of G.G. Park, Japantown, the ever-so-wonderful Union Street, and the equally wonderful Lombard Street and Chestnut Street, the delightful Ghirardelli Square, the amazing Pier 45 with the fascinating MUSEE MECANIQUE and the fascinating U.S.S. PAMPANITO (a real submarine), and the nauseatingly overcrowded Fisherman's Wharf. Unfortunately, Musee Mecanique and U.S.S. Pampanito are not even in the index. Too bad. The map also shows Little Italy and its Caffe Greco, Caffe Puccini, and Caffe Trieste, with nearby Chinatown and several BART stations. The reverse side of the map, which is printed on semiglossy paper, has tiny photos of 17 attractions with paragraphs on G.G. Bridge, Palace of Fine Arts, Ferry Building (has many upscale cafes and restaurants), City Lights Books (beatnik bookstore), and so on.CHAPTERS. The first two chapters are introductory, and the rest are:3. Monterey Bay4. S.F.5. Bay Area6. Napa and Sonoma7. North Coast8. Redwood National Park9. Eastern Sierra10. Yosemite11. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks12. Sacramento and Gold Country13. Lake Tahoe14. Far NorthCh. 5. THE BAY AREA. This chapter (pages 159-198) is about I place where I've lived for 35 years. Page 160 reads, "Sit on a dock by the bay: admire the beauty of the Bay Area from the rocky, picturesque shores of Sausalito or Tiburon." As any baby-boomer will realize, the goal of this writing is to invoke a song by Otis Redding called, DOCK OF THE BAY. Anyway, in my experience the best "docks of the bay" for scenery include one particular dock at Fisherman's Wharf where one can see a colony of about 20 really huge seals that lounges on a nearby dock. But the very, very, very best views of the bay can be had from these places:(1) FORT BARRY just north of the G.G. Bridge. You need to get there early, perhaps 8 am, in order to get a parking place along the winding road that leads to Fort Barry and to nearby viewing spots. The Fort Barry area gives you a vantage point that is higher in elevation than the nearby G.G. Bridge;(2) PALACE OF LEGION OF HONOR has a nearby strolling area with awesome vistas of the bay and the Marin Headlands;(3) ANGEL ISLAND, which requires a ferry boat ride from Fisherman's Wharf.This chapter mentions OAKLAND as a place to view the bay, but this is unfortunate, because the view from Oakland stinks. The shoreline of Oakland features hobos, riff-raff, vagrants, street scum, and many large scale construction projects. The entire coastline of Oakland is industrial, except for the Jack London Square area. Page 167 states that, in the east bay near Berkeley is TILDEN PARK where you can see "stunning bay views." But this is NOT CORRECT. Tilden Park does NOT have any views of San Francisco Bay, because Tilden Park takes the form of a deep valley, with houses and neighborhoods located on the western ridge of the valley (and so, unless you are invited into one of these houses, you do not get any view of the bay). From the east bay, you can get a nice view of the S.F. bay from the top of SATHER TOWER at the U.C. Berkeley campus.This chapter mentions MUIR WOODS (page 160), and the book is correct in stating that it is extremely crowded, and that the parking lot is tiny. The account of MUIR WOODS (pages 188-190) reads, "expect to find epic traffic jams around the tiny parking areas." Locals will know that there is an easy workaround to this problem, and this is to park about a few hundred feet down the road from Muir Woods, and to sneak into Muir Woods by way of the DIPSEA TRAIL which connects with the BEN JOHNSON Trail. These trails are not in any way crowded, and the Ben Johnson Trail lets you off in a part of Muir Woods that is not crowded.Regarding BERKELEY, I was glad to read about the nightclub, Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse (page 171), which is a center for folk music and bluegrass music. Regarding Oakland, I was glad to see a paragraph about YOSHI'S (page 178), which has devoted itself to America's very own musical idiom, namely, jazz. It is too bad that the reader gets only one paragraph about Yoshi's. I would have liked to see a list of some of AMERICA'S CULTURAL GODS who have performed at Yoshi's, such as Betty Carter, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Williams, Diana Krall, McCoy Tyner, and Oscar Peterson.Back in the 1960s, Muir Woods was a pleasant place to visit, but now the towering redwood trees are dwarfed by the many smoky buses filled with tourists. For people interested in humongous redwood trees, I suggest BIG BASIN STATE PARK, but this book does NOT EVEN MENTION Big Basin State Park. Please note that Big Basin State Park has one of the most wonderful hikes in all California, namely from the beach, where the pathway is dug into the walls of a deep valley, and which leads to an Ansel Adams-style waterfall, called BERRY FALLS. Actually, there are three huge waterfalls in a row, where the biggest is Berry Falls. The other great place near the S.F. bay area to see huge redwood trees is ARMSTRONG WOODS STATE PARK, which is near the other great tourist-destination, namely, Jenner (with romantic hotel and the photogenic GOAT ROCK, and a colony of seals living on the sand bar near Goat Rock). Please note that Big Basin State Park and Armstrong Woods State Park are not even in the index (oh crap).Also in this chapter, is an account of POINT REYES (pages 194-198). We see a full-page photo of flowers with the ocean beyond, but this does not do justice to Point Reyes. The most appropriate photo would have been of the sinusoidal, undulating cliffs at DRAKES BAY. I was glad to read about the lighthouse at Point Reyes, and about the gift shops at the nearby village of POINT REYES STATION (but the authors should have mentioned the art galleries at Point Reyes Station, such as Gallery Route One or Marty Knapp Photography Gallery). I was also glad to read the book's account about the herds of tule elk living near Tomales Point.This chapter also includes, SANTA CRUZ (pages 70-78), and I was glad that the boardwalk is mentioned, and I was glad to read about, "the classic wooden Giant Dipper roller coaster." The book mentions restaurants, motels, nightclubs, and whale watching charters in Santa Cruz. But for reasons unknown, this chapter totally fails to mention Half Moon Bay, which includes art galleries, gift shops, and restaurants, and nearby secluded beaches (Cowell Ranch Beach Access) and Pomponio State Beach further to the south.Ch. 7. NORTH COAST. I've lived in northern California for about 40 years, and have devoted most of my touristing time to northern Calif. and three years of intensive touristing time to the SoCal deserts. Chapter Seven provides a poetic and very accurate description of the northern coast: "Instead of boardwalks and bikinis there are ragged cliffs and pounding waves, and the sunbathers are mostly sea lions." Regarding seals, I have delighted several times to the romping seals at SALT POINT STATE PARK and once at POINT ARENA. On page 251, we read, "The migration of the Pacific gray whales . . . lasts from December to early April." I've witnessed whales on two occasions, once off the coast of Jenner, CA, and once off the coast of Gold Beach, Oregon. The book is very accurate in its description, "Twisting Highway 1 is the scenic route to Mendocino, but the fastest one is U.S. 101." (page 251).Page 254 provides a respectful, but all-too-short, account of the history of FORT ROSS("Russian settlers established Fort Ross in 1812 on land they leased from the native Kashia people. The Russians hoped to . . . produce crops . . . for their Alaskan fur-trading operations . . . the land was privately ranched for decades." Unfortunately, there is no photo of the tourist-friendly restored buildings at Fort Ross. I have enjoyed their firing of old-fashioned cannons, something done by employees dressed in colonial garb, for the benefit of curious tourists.I was very glad to read about, "carved unusual honeycomb patterns in the sandstone called tafoni" and about the "dramatic view of Sentinel Rock" (page 257). However, I was disappointed to see no photo of the tafoni stone formations. I had a 1-man show of twentyfive tafoni color photographs (20 X 24 inches) at Coyote Point Museum in San Mateo, CA, and so, I have devoted a chunk of my life to tafoni. The book mentions TIMBER COVE RESORT located near Fort Ross, however, this motel is shockingly expensive, and the book failed to mention nearby FOR ROSS LODGE, which ordinary people can afford (page 257).I was glad to find a little paragraph about POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE, but disappointed that they did not mention that FOREVER YOUNG starring Mel Gibson was filmed there (page 258). Further to the north, and farther along in the book, I was very glad to read about LARRUPIN CAFE in Trinidad (an excellent gourmet restaurant), but I was sad that they did not mention the Dale Chihuly sculpture that is displayed in this restaurant. Strangely enough, the very first page of this book has a full-page photo of a glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly, but the book fails to mention the name of this artist (too bad).Ch. 14. THE FAR NORTH. This chapter concerns Lake Shasta, Mt. Shasta, and Lassen Volcanic National Park. The text reads, "With two volcanoes to view -- Lassen and Shasta -- you can learn first hand what happens when a mountain blows its top" (page 438). The book mentions restaurants in Chico, Red Bluff, Redding, Weaverville, Dunsmuir, and in the town called, Mount Shasta. The list of motels and cafes in Mount Shasta (page 453) is a good list and, in my experience, if you choose your motel carefully, the view from your room will include a great view of the conical cinder cone BLACK BUTTE, located just north of the town of Shasta. I was pleased to see a beautifully photographed full-page photo of BURNEY FALLS (page 454). This is the closest that California gets to IGUAZU FALLS, which is a majestic waterfall in South America more famed for its width than for its height. Burney Falls is beautiful because of the many shafts of water tumbling down this wide (but not very high) waterfall.I was glad to see the 1-paragraph account of LAVA BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT (page 456), but unfortunately, there is no mention of the stunningly awesome, dramatic, and otherworldly, GLASS MOUNTAIN. Glass Mountain is located just south of Lava Beds National Monument, but it is poorly marked from the road. California has another mountain called Glass Mountain, and this is south of MONO LAKE.
I live in this area and was eager to take a look at this book and perhaps put it in our guest room for guests to peruse while they visit. While I'll still put it in the guest room, I have to say I was a bit disappointed. Like all books that try to cover a lot with a broad swath in a little amount of time, this book misses a lot. For example, In Marin County, just north of the Golden Gate, the guide covers the southern tourist towns well then ignores the largest city in Marin County -- San Rafael -- where Mission San Rafael and tons of restaurants and galleries are located. A glaring omission. Similarly the section on San Francisco is laughable, with just a few restaurants pointed out. Obviously you would need to buy a SF guide separately, but who wants to lug two books on a trip?Overall, a mediocre attempt at covering this beautiful place where I'm grateful to live.Sorry, can't recommend.
I’m in the process of planning a trip to Northern California for this year and this book is invaluable. Besides the basic facts which you might be able to figure out on your own, there are so many tips which help you plan your trip. For example for Yosemite, pointing out that while staying inside the park may seem expensive, the risks for wasting time sitting in traffic trying to get through the entrance gate in the morning is the trade off. Other tips and information such as what to do if you only have one day in Yosemite are things that you cannot figure out if you have never been there before. Listing all of the options for things to do lets you think about how you want to spend your time. For example I did not know that you could take a hands on art class or a photography walk while inside Yosemite Park. Also throughoutthe guide there is factual information that just helps educate you such as pointing out unique plants and wildlife in Yosemite. Foders also gives details such as pros and cons for visiting these places at different times of the year and how to make the most of your trip at the specific time you are going.At the start of each chapter there are bullet points of top reasons to visit that place. The way the book is laid out you can find everything you need to know about one specific place such as under Sequoia and Kings Kings Canyon National Park they will explain the best way to travel there by air in car, where to sleep, where to eat, plus the maps and ideas for planning everything out. In this way you might end up only using one chapter of the book, you just go to the place we are going to visit and you can ignore the rest of the guide book. You just get so much information from Fodor’s Travel books, they are well worth the low cost and you will get more out of your trip when using them. Rating 5 stars = Love It.
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