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Heading inland on day three, make a date with Mickey at perfectly 'imagineered'
Dis-
neyland
and next-door
Disney California Adventure
, celebrating the Golden State. Both
parks are in Anaheim, not far from
Knott's Berry Farm
, America's oldest theme park,
which pairs Old Western cowboy themes with high-tech roller coasters. If it's too darn hot,
cool off at Knott's Soak City Orange County water park.
Drop by the family-friendly, interactive Discovery Science Center or peruse the art gal-
leries of the Bowers Museum in
Santa Ana
. Catch your breath in time-warped
Old Town
Orange
, clustered with antiques stores, or
Little Saigon
, where you can trade theme-park
hot dogs for a steaming bowl of pho.
On day four, motor west toward the ocean. In
Huntington Beach
, aka 'Surf City, USA,'
rent a board, play beach volleyball, build a bonfire after sunset. Hit
Newport Beach
for
soap opera-worthy people-watching by the piers. Make a quick stop for power shopping in
Costa Mesa
, then roll south to
Laguna Beach
, a former artists' colony with more than
two dozen public beaches to spoil you, plus fashionable downtown boutiques.
Slingshot back toward the I-5 on your last day, stopping off at
Mission San Juan Cap-
istrano
for a glimpse of Spanish colonial and Mexican history. Or keep up the beach-bum
attitude by slacking south to
Dana Point
, with its yacht-filled harbor and beach, and retro
San Clemente
, near Trestles, a year-round surf break.
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