Art Car Fest
You've heard about people who take their work home, so now come meet the people who drive around in the work they create. At the San Francisco Art Car Fest you'll see cars transformed into creative, colorful contraptions that will drive your passion for wacky art forms through the roof. Automotive art will put your imagination into fifth gear as you detour from conventional art to the city of creativity where anything can become art.

www.artcarfest.com

Chico's Yo-Yo Museum
The town of Chico, in Northern California, is known mostly for its university, but did you know it's also home to a national museum? You won't find any Rembrandts on display, but the collection of Duncan's is unparalleled. Tucked away inside a downtown gift shop, the National Yo-Yo Museum has thousands of those "things on a string," from traditional wooden yo-yos of the 40's and 50's to the machined aircraft aluminum models of today. Join us as we take a tour of 20th century yo-yo history with museum director Bob Malowney. "Yo" won't want to miss it!
For more information visit their Web site at www.nationalyoyo.org.

Gas Pump Collector
Meet Mark Reiff, a Woodland man whose love affair extends from the car to the gas pump. Mark began his collection of gas pumps four years ago, and today his garage is lined with antique pumps in a variety of shapes and sizes. His collection even includes a gasoline pump from 1914!

But Mark's obsession with the gas pump did not stop at collecting. He's remodeled his front lawn to look like a real gas station complete with a 1950's diner, created a general store in the foyer and added a fake car through the front fence. Now Mark's residence is attracting recognition as a tourist destination and as even appeared in an issue of the National Enquirer. Referred to by friends as the Winchester Mansion of Woodland, Mark's penchant for constantly altering his residence promises to keep him busy for many years to come.

Boonville
Did you know that Starbucks is famous for its "horn of zeese?" At least in Boonville it is. A small town in Northern California, Boonville has a language all of its own, literally. In 1880 townspeople wanted to gossip about a local woman, so they made up words that only they understood, and eventually it became the local conversational language called Boontling. Join us on an excursion to the town of Boonville where Boontling is the talk of the town.

www.connectedtraveler.com/zeese.html

Jelly Belly Factory
Are you hungry for more art? If so, Herman Goelitz Candy Co. will sweeten up your day. In the late 1800s two German immigrants brought their candy making craft to the valley, and we still taste their success today in each Jelly Belly we enjoy. But those gourmet jellybeans aren't just for eating. Take a peak at the flavorful creations of jellybean art as we tour the Jelly Belly candy factory in Fairfield, CA.

www.jellybelly.com

Season eight of "Central Valley Chronicles" is underwritten in part by Classic Living.