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On the inside back cover of Vanity Fair magazine, there's a picture of Katharine on a carousel horse. If you go to: visitcalifronia.com/vanityfair you'll see the picture as well as a question and answer feature. If this is old news, please forgive me.
www.visitcalifornia.com/vanityfair-celeb.php
Good and nice interview. Kat had a great childhood and her family memories are valuable to her. She seems so close to her grandparents. I like that part when she enjoyed being wrapped in a blanket with her sister while watching the fireworks in San Diego. Kat is so down to earth with Mexican foods - a true Californian!! The fact that she had training in swimming, she mostly enjoys the beaches. And, of course, as a young lady, as I was once, she loves shopping. All normal for her.
The Napa Valley wine tasting trip is also a must do, for me. Mendocino is a lovely place for getaways. The Yosemite trip that she hopes to do, that she really have to make. I did it in 2004. I should say, it's one of the most spectacular places to see and go to in the USA - even for someone who's not into outdoors would be totally awed. It's so large that you'd need about 3 days at least to enjoy everything - hiking, climbing, boating, camping, etc.
If I may continue, the feeling that I had being in Yosemite was like that of my feeling when I went to the Yellowstone Nat'l Park in Wyoming in 1987 - seeing the Grand Tetons and the wild life (buffalos) there, and of course, the ever amazing "Old Faithful" geyser. Awesome place. It's the oldest national park in the country, Yellowstone is. Other spectacular places outside CA would be Arizona's Grand Canyon, Utah's Bryce Canyon and the acres and acres of barren Bonneville Salt Flats, South Dakota's man-made wonder, the Mount Rushmore, and of course New York's Niagara Falls. I don't know if Florida's Everglades (wilderness/wetlands) should be classified spectacular, but just to be in the middle of that huge swampy place, miles and miles away from land, among the endangered species, crocs and alligators (on an airboat of course) could be eerie but exciting at the same time. I've been blessed to have gone and seen these places and I could only say, youth is the time to travel and discover and enjoy places, however expensive and long the drive/trip is. By all means, do it.
Bigshady, thanks for posting.
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