Buy a California ghost town!

From Craigslist:

$225000 Seneca — ghost-town with liquor license (Seneca)

Want to buy a ghost town with a bar and liquor license? Expand it into a unique getaway! Perhaps the most remote “restaurant” in Northern California. 9.8 acres. The property includes the “town” and the bar and 3 small rundown cabins and the acreage.

Here’s the location in longitude and latitude: 40.112083,-121.0848. You should be able to see the bar from there!

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Calvin and Hobbes FINALLY available as eBooks

Thirty years.  It’s taken Thirty FREAKIN’ years, but Calvin and Hobbes is no available in eBook form!

The Essential Calvin and HobbesThe Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes, and The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes. Books I proudly have in my physical book collection can now be read on your Kindle, iPad, Nook or tablet.

Sorry, Scientific Progress Goes “Boink” isn’t available … yet.

The weekday comic strip has been available on gocomics for awhile. These new books, though, are the first time the books have been available to eReaders.

So take a trip down memory lane and relive a childhood memory today.

The books are available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Apple’s iTune bookstore.

December Tradition: 88th Annual Trek to the Nation’s Christmas Tree

The 88th Annual Trek to the Nation’s Christmas Tree takes place Sunday, December 8th, 2013, at  2:30pm in Kings Canyon National Park.

This year’s activities include the Jubilation Singers, Sanger High School Choir, a non-denominational Christmas Message, and a War Memorial Ceremony all to be delivered at the base of the General Grant Tree.

Chartered buses will leave from the Sanger Chamber of Commerce office.

Bus Options include:

  • Trek Service Bus for approximately $30 with a 12:15pm departure
  • Lunch Bus with a 10:30am departure for approximately $50
  • Dinner Bus with a 12:15pm departure for approximately $50

Coffee and pastries available at the Chamber office prior to boarding.  Give the Sanger Chamber a call if you want to be added to the mailing list or to make a reservation. For more information call the Sanger Chamber at 559-875-4575

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Come volunteer at our California State Parks during this holiday season!

From the California State Parks Foundation:

Give thanks for your favorite state parks by volunteering with Park Champions. Help us repair popular hiking trails at Chino Hills or Wildwood Canyon, improve habitat by removing invasive plants at Silver Strand, or help with general park maintainence and CAMP FOR FREE at Palomar Mountain.

Chino Hills State Park
Saturday, November 16, 9:00am to 1:00pm

Help us make improvements to the Easy Street Trail. Teens 14 and up welcome with a legal guardian. See a map here.

Silver Strand State Beach
Saturday, December 7, 9:00am to 1:00pm

This family friendly workday is part of an ongoing project to restore valuable beach dune habitat at Silver Strand. Kids 10 and up welcome with a legal guardian. See a map here.

Palomar Mountain State Park
Sunday, December 8, 9:00am to 1:00pm

This workday will focus on general park maintenance. Teens 14 and up welcome with a legal guardian. FREE CAMPING available Saturday night. See a map here.

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Your Immediate Action is required to Save Johnson Valley!

OHV Call to Action! Your immediate action is required to save Johnson Valley Wednesday November 13th 2013

The Senate Arms Service Committee now looks prepared to move their bill S1309 to the floor beginning Thursday with Senator McCain managing (Senator Inhofe is out for his son’s funeral).

It is time again for the OHV Community to engage in the discussion.

Please consider taking some time to participate and extend our reach to your friends, family, and networks that find the value in saving the largest OHV area in the United States, while meeting the training requirements of the USMC. Your participation is paramount to our continued success.

While the Marine Corps let the Cook/Mckeon Compromise go unchallenged in the House of Representatives, we believe they will introduce their Alternative 6 language through Energy and Resources Committee on the Senate side via S 1309. We must contact these individual members of the Senate to ask them to oppose such language.

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