My California Adventure February 13, 2007

The Bakersfield Adult School's Open Forum Travel Series presents :

Rudi Thurau's My California Adventure

Free Performaces start at 4pm and 7:30 pm at Harvey Auditorium

Some people are born for adventure, others are born to entertain. Rudi Thurau was born to do both.

The urge to travel emerged early in his life. In 1956, after completing his education, the young adventurer pedaled his bicycle away from his homeland of Germany with just a few Deutschmarks, a camera and a guitar for comfort.
Eight months and 6,000 miles later, he paused in India. After such a lengthy odyssey, his appetite for adventure had become insatiable. Scrubbing the deck of a freighter brought Rudi back to the European continent where he joined forces with a young American who was the proud owner of a motor scooter. Riding tandem, they headed for Africa where they crossed 1,500 miles of the Sahara desert. On the Niger River, the two adventurers devised a unique mode of transportation - a raft powered by their motor scooter!

From Africa, Rudi traveled to the United States. Under the auspices of President Eisenhower's "People To People Foundation", he lectured as a traveling Ambassador Of Good Will. Since then, he has made his home in America.
His film adventuring continued through Mexico, Central and South America. With two companions, he tackled the Amazon River on a seven month raft voyage. That was followed by a breathtaking journey down Devil's River, on to Lake Titicaca in a reed boat, then to Tierra Del Fuego at the tip of South America.
Rudi speaks (and sings) in many languages, but he is best known for his humor and light hearted narration. A performance by this daring adventurer is long to be remembered!

Thurau begins his bicycle road trip in Hollywood, then tours Southern California, before heading north to the Oregon border. In between he takes in Death Valley, Sequoia trees, Yosemite, Mt. Lassen, Napa Valley and other scenic spots before ending up in San Diego. Join us for a long bike ride.

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