Aug
26: Ventura, CA
I checked out
of the Embassy Suites in Oxnard and drove up to Ventura.
I drove around
Ventura and discovered:
A hill overlooks the city and has a cross in honor of Padre Junipero Serra who
founded missions along the El Camino Real.
There
were sailors at the cross who had reenlisted, but I got there too late to
officiate.
It
is an impressive view from that hill.
There is a trail from Main Street that goes up switchbacks to the cross on the
hill, but I didn’t hike it as others were doing.
The Post Office has murals that are highly rated.
Did you know that the writer of the Perry Mason stories, Raymond Chandler, was
a practicing lawyer in Ventura? I took pictures of his building.
There are a lot of druggies and mental cases laying around the parks and
streets.
There is more to see and do here compared to Oxnard.
There is no free parking near the beaches. It costs $4/day to park
in surfer lots near the beach, and it cost $10 to go into the state beach
parks.
There are limited free parking lots near main street.
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