The Mighty SLO List

1. Buy veggies at a Thursday Night Farmers' Market
2. Ride the Old SLO Trolley
3. Ride the First Thursday Bike Happening
4. Watch the Bike Happening Movie
5. Stay at Madonna Inn
6. Eat pie at the Apple Farm
7. Take all 5 Hearst Castle tours
8. See a double feature at the Sunset Drive-in
9. Enjoy free tacos on the beach at The Cliffs
10. Go to the Mid State Fair in Paso Robles
11. Attend the SLO Film Festival
12. Visit the on-campus arboretum
13. Go kayaking in Morro Bay
14. Go kayaking at Shell Beach
15. Stick gum on the wall in Bubblegum Alley
16. Tour the mission
17. Buy veggies at the Farmers Market Saturday Morning
18. Stroll through the historic Victorian “Jack House” gardens downtown
19. Go to an “Art After Dark”
20. Check out the “Robot Race” exhibits in mid-April
21. Go the Mozart Festival
22. Eat basil ice cream at the Annual Basil Festival (Templeton, August)
23. Visit the “Open Studios” in October
24. Visit the Green Acres Lavender Farm (Atascadero)
25. Go to the Sunken Gardens Flea Market (Atascadero)
26. Enjoy the Avocado & Margarita Festival
27. See a movie at The Fremont
28. See a movie at The Palm
29. Hike Bishop's Peak
30. Visit the SLO Botanical Garden
31. Run the Poly Canyon Loop (8 miles!)
32. Hike to the Poly P
33. Hike to the Madonna M
34. Go the SLO Symphony
35. Go to the Arroyo Grande Strawberry Festival
36. Visit CorkStop Studios
37. Take a wine class or seminar
38. Go wine tasting
39. Have Olallieberry pie at Linn's of Cambria
40. Soak in the Sycamore Mineral Springs
41. Check out the Madonnari Chalk Art Festival
42. Eat a sandwich at High Street Deli (and an Eskimo Pie?)
43. Eat waffles for dinner at Linnaea's
44. Visit the Museum of Natural History in Morro Bay
45. Visit the Monarch Butterfly Grove
46. Camping at Montana de Oro
47. Go paddleboarding in Pismo
48. Take photographs at the Dunes
49. Soak in Sycamore Mineral Springs
50. Ride the Bob Jones' Trail
51. Visit the Avila Valley Barn
52. Rent bikes from Joe Momma's
53. Go to Savor the Central Coast
54. Buy Cal Poly Cheese
55. Visit the Brown Butter Cookie Factory
56. Earn a Spike's T-Shirt by trying all 40 beers
57. Go to a Cal Poly Football Game
58. Go to the Great American Melodrama and Vaudeville