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Day Trips from LA -Super Cheap Car Rentals
Is the Los Angeles atmosphere starting to get a little too wild for you? Feeling like you need to get away from the big city for a while? Why not pack up your cheap rental car and head out on a road tripping adventure! Whether you're on a family vacation with the kids, or a getaway with your sweetie, the Los Angeles area has plenty of day tripping options, suitable to all types of vacationers. So load up that cheap car rental, roll down the windows and crank up the tunes; we're going on a road trip!
Death Valley National Park
Travel time from downtown Los Angeles: Approximately 6 hours
Approximate California Cheap Car Rental Driving Distance: 300 miles (one way)
Death Valley National Park covers almost 3 thousand square miles of natural habitat and is a vast outdoors museum, larger that the Yellowstone National Park! Established on February 11th in 1933, Death Valley is named after the floor of the valley, which is almost 300 feet below sea level! It is recognized as the lowest point in the entire Western Hemisphere and also as one of the hottest places on the planet! In 1913 a temperature of 133 degree Fahrenheit was recorded at the Badwater basin, right in the midst of the valley. This unique park is open all year round, but many people suggest visiting it during the winter months. During the long, hot summer months (from May through to October) Death Valley is hardly the place to take your kids for a picnic! Many of the side roads that lead down into the Valley are closed to your cheap rental car during this time of year due to the intense heat and safety issues, but you will be able to visit the higher and cooler Panamint Mountains.
Ghost Towns of Death Valley
Looking for something a little out of the ordinary during your cheap car rental road trip? Be sure to check out the Ghost Towns located at Death Valley. Death Valley has a fascinating mining history, with the first minors to pass through there dating way back to 1849 during the California gold rush. These minors didn't stop to mine in the Valley, and did they ever miss out on some rich deposits of gold and borax in the mountains surrounding the Valley, and the Valley's floor itself. But by the late 19th century the mining industry was in full swing within the Valley. There are over 30 ghost towns within and near the Death Valley, and are in excellent shape due to the dry, arid temperature that they reside in, (the Valley records an average of only 1.65 inches of rain per year!) and because of the protection they receive from vandals by the Board of National Parks.
South Bay Bike Trail: Santa Monica to Torrance California
Travel time from downtown, Los Angeles: Approximately 20 minutes
Approximate California Cheap Car Rental Driving Distance: 16 miles (one way)
Looking for some exercise during your vacation? Then hitch your bike onto the back of your cheap rental car and head on over to Santa Monica where you will find perhaps the most entertaining and beautiful bike route in all of America. The 19-mile South Bay Bike Trail will take you from Santa Monica all the way to Torrance California, passing some pretty cool landmarks along the way! First you find yourself passing the "Baywatch" inspiring Santa Monica Pier, and hopefully you remembered to strap your surf board on your back because the Pier is home to the world of California surfing! The South Bay Bike Trail will also take you through the heart of the ultimate California beach town: Venice Beach. Here you'll find weight lifters, chainsaw jugglers you name it, Venice Beach has got it!
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