Four Points Bulletin

Travels north, east, south, and west of our Oceanside home base.

The San Diego Society of Natural History is the oldest scientific institution in southern California and the third oldest west of the Mississippi. They have been at their current site since 1933, the funds gifted by the philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps. In this large space the society is able to grow their collection. They currently …

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Beaver, Utah has a mere population of 3,500 but it has created quite a name for itself with the farm fresh Beaver dairy products sold at The Creamery. (Be prepared to stand in line.) We have been coming here since 2018 when this 11,250 square foot restaurant/ice cream shop/gift shop/play area/educational facility was built right …

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The city of Yermo was established in 1902. In the 1950s, when Walter Knott opened Calico Ghost Town, Yermo’s Chamber of Commerce created a name for itself as the “Gateway to the Calicos”. It was also the gateway to Las Vegas. Until the 15 freeway was constructed in 1968, traffic went right through town. In …

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King tides are a result of the moon, sun and earth aligning in combination with the proximity of the orbiting bodies (the closer they are, the more of a gravitational effect). It only happens a few times a year but is especially exciting because the extra low tides expose my favorite intertidal organisms to my …

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We love this time of year, when the San Diego Zoo Safari Park stays open late, its grounds covered with holiday cheer for their annual Wild Holidays. This year is better than years past (maybe due to the 50th anniversary of the park). There are more lights than usual, more displays, and there are musicians …

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Every year Oceanside Harbor Parade of Lights is marked on our calendar when it is still beach weather. There is nothing better than seeing Christmas lights wrapped around masts reflected in Oceanside Harbor waters. People are singing, cheering, and playing music while proudly displaying their floating Christmas display. It is one of my favorite events …

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When Disneyland first opened in 1955 it used a tiered coupon system. If the coupon system still existed today we would have have used four E tickets (the priciest of all the tiers) in the first hour we were there. (There must have been late nights before the park opened with Walt Disney and his …

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St. Michael’s By-the-Sea is the oldest church in Carlsbad, and one of the four oldest buildings in Carlsbad Village. The 1894 historic chapel now resides adjacent to a larger, newer chapel, both of which hold regular church services. Once a year St. Michael’s By-the-Sea hosts the Carlsbad Music Festival, an artist-led, grass-roots non-profit that features …

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Every Thursday before Halloween Oceanside’s weekly Sunset Market is transformed into Haunted Market. People of all ages dress up and go trick-or-treating at vendor’s booths. It seems even more vendors participated this year than in years past. Haunted Market is the best way to kick off All Hallows’ Eve, our pre-tradition tradition.