Open since 1966, Falafel's Drive In is a casual, quick service restaurant with a couple indoor seats and a few picnic tables out front. The menu includes basics like hot dogs and hamburgers, but you'd be crazy to miss out on the Middle Eastern specialities including Falafel, Hummos and Tabbouleh.
No journey to Big Sur would be complete without a stop to admire the elegant 1932 single arch design of Bixby Creek Bridge in its idyllic California coastline setting, thirteen miles south of Carmel.
You can read all about it at:
http://www.beachcalifornia.com/bixby.html
Mission Creek is really more of a canal -- a former creek. The land around it was originally marsh, and was developed in to railyards and shipyards.
This is a tide water creek that flows into Puget Sound near downtown Marysville WA just east of I-5 Marysville 4th Street exit.
One of the newest sites in the US National Parks system, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site is the location of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 where Colonel Chivington and the First Colorado Calvary, Third Colorado Calvary, and First New Mexico Volunteers slaughtered 150-200 Native Americans, mostly women, children, and the elderly.
Lewis Creek, is a small trail, that is outside of Fish Camp, near Yosemite National Park, California. It's filled w/wildlife, water filled creek (when its Late Winter or Early Spring), tall pine trees, and possible-- Red Woods; and its a nice trail to take a stroll around to appreciate nature.
In some conditions, its really necessary to wear snowblind sun glasses to prevent getting snow blind, boots, since the snow can reach upto 6' deep.
It's off of Highway 41 North towards Yosemite, and have to go past Sierra Sky Ranch, which is about 2-5 miles from there, and you have to look closely for small signs that reads Lewis Creek ;)
The Visitor Center, located in South Lake Tahoe on Hwy 89, is operated by the National Forest Service. It has an easy self-guided nature walk and a stream profile room where you actually view Taylor Creek from below the level of the creek.