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San Luis Obispo Train

Season 5 Episode 505
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Desert Tower

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Sea Caves

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Tall Ship Californian

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California's Gold with Huell Howser

Wings Over California

Season 5 Episode 504

Huell soars above our state as we look at the Pigeon Courier Service at Avalon on Catalina Island, once the most expeditious means of communication with the small island. Next, Huell visits the Twenty-Nine Palms Air Academy, created during World War II. Huell goes up in the air with some of the original pilots at this, the largest glider school in the country.

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Friday May 24, 7:30 PM PDT on PBS SoCal Plus
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Sidecars
26:04
Huell visits the 31st Griffith Park Sidecar Rally.
Masonic Cave
27:36
Huell’s off to Amador county and the town of Volcano.
Scotty's Castle
28:17
Huell travels to Death Valley to learn about Walter Scott and the castle named after him.
Desert Tower
27:50
Join Huell as he climbs to the top of The Desert View Tower in the Imperial Valley.
San Luis Obispo Train
27:42
Join Huell in the centennial celebration of the arrival of the first steam train to SLO.
Manzanar
28:51
Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten WWII Japanese American Internment Camps.
Devil's Jaw
25:40
Watch Huell as he embarks on a journey to the most dangerous spot on the California coast
John Muir Special
54:07
Huell meets and speaks to famed naturalist and Sierra Club founder "John Muir" reenacted.
Delta Encounters
53:31
Huell’s embarks on a Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta cruise aboard Tule Queen.
Half Dome
51:55
Huell has the adventure of a lifetime when he climbs Yosemite’s formidable Half Dome.
Manzanar
28:51
Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps at which Japanese American citizens were interned during World War II.
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