569a Best National Park Experiences; Northland; San Francisco Day Trips

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Rick Steves

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🗓️ 26 June 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Writer Porter Fox tells us what he discovered when he followed the US-Canada border from Maine to Washington State. Then writer and photographer Becky Lomax shares her favorite national park experiences. And guidebook author Kimberley Lovato recommends day trip options for enjoying beaches, redwood groves, and wineries within easy reach of San Francisco.

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0:00.0	Talk about a road trip.
0:02.9	Porter Fox spent months exploring the borderline of the U.S. and Canada from Atlantic to
0:07.7	Pacific.
0:08.7	Often you had to look closely to tell which side you were on.
0:12.0	Really the only indication is that when you go through a town there's Canadian flags
0:16.5	flying on one side and American flags flying on the other.
0:20.5	Coming up he tells us what he found along 4,000 miles of the longest national border in
0:25.6	the world.
0:27.0	There's a lot you can explore within a couple hours of San Francisco.
0:30.4	Kimberly Lovato shares some of her favorite day trips like the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.
0:35.5	It's so quintessentially California to me with the wooden boardwalk and the old wooden
0:40.2	roller coaster.
0:41.8	And Becky Lomax reminds us why America's national parks are always worth another visit.
0:47.0	It's amazing to see the wildlife, to watch wild animals out doing their wild thing.
0:54.8	We'll help you get out there in the hour ahead.
0:56.9	Let's travel with Rick Steves.
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