Tuesday Travel Ticker: Paso Robles uncorked

The Paso Robles Wine Festival celebrates its 30^thanniversary, May 18-20, in a downtown park and throughout Paso Robles wine country. Tickets: www.pasowine.com . . . . Elite athletes will descend on Oceanside for the Ironman 70.3 California on March 31. The course includes a 1.2-mile swim, a one-loop 56-mile bike course that includes the hills of Camp Pendleton, and a 13.1-mile run through the coastal neighborhoods of Oceanside. Info: www.ironman.com. . . . The San Luis Obispo County YMCA will host its 12^th annual bike ride June 23. The ride, which benefits Cambria teens, features Highway 1 ocean vistas and oak-studded hills, over three different distances: 25, 50 and 100 miles. Register at www.countrycoastclassic.org or (805) 543-8235 . . . . Coming off a big storm, North Lake Tahoe is prepping for a busy weekend:Bridgetender’s fourth-annual Rib Fest Friday, (March 9), Kings Beach Parade (Saturday), Ta-Hoe Nalu Arctic Standup Paddle Board Race (Sunday) and the River Ranch Annual Snow Sculpture Contest (also Sunday) . . . . Travel to London will jump 31% during the summer Olympic Games, Bloomberg reports. Americans will account for 17% of London’s airline arrivals from July 23 to Aug. 12, with Germans accounting for 11%, according to a study by two Spanish research firms . . . . NASCARWeekend at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway kicks off Thursday with the popular NASCAR Hauler Parade down the Vegas Strip at 6 p.m. . . . . More than 1,900 guest rooms in the Casino and Skyrise Towers at Circus Circus in Las Vegas have been remodeled . . . . Elaine Macdonald will lead a 10-mile horseback ride (about 3-3½ hours) at Saddleback Butte State Park March 17, benefiting the effort to save the park from closure. RSVP to eb45bktg@antelecom.net or (661) 946-1976 by March 13 . . . . Travel Quote of the Day: “The time to enjoy a European vacation is about three weeks after unpacking.” (George Ade)