Top 10 places for 10 bucks and under
In an era when a movie ticket routinely costs $11 or more, finding any kind of thrill for less than $10 gets harder and harder. So let's thank our stars for national and state parks. If you assume two travelers per car, plenty of parks fit our frugal-travel purposes just fine.
-- Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
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Drive-Thru Tree Park, Leggett, Calif.( Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times )
The title attraction, a towering redwood known as the Chandelier Tree, was cut in the 1930s, leaving a passage 6 feet wide and almost 7 feet high — plenty of room for most cars. This is the heart of redwood country, between Ft. Bragg and Eureka, just a few miles south of the U.S. 101-hugging, 31-mile Avenue of the Giants. It's $5 a car (plus whatever gewgaws you pick up in the abundantly stocked gift shop), and the tree is neighbored by a creek, a meadow, a duck pond, ferns and moss. Info: (707) 925-6363; http://www.drivethrutree.com or http://www.avenueofthegiants.net.
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