Marin County, California, gives ‘East Coast feel on the West Coast’

  • 'Off Road Confidential' is made in association with Visit California
  • Each episode consists of a 30-minute road trip across the state
  • Host Gabriel Ornelas says Marin County is 'untouched' beauty

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(NewsNation) — “Off Road Confidential” host Gabriel Ornelas says the views in Marin County, California, give visitors that “quintessential” vacation feeling: “I didn’t know this was California.”

Ornelas visited the county, located between San Francisco and wine country, for one leg of “Off Road Confidential,” a NewsNation special in association with Visit California.

He told “Morning in America” that Marin County is “really untouched in a lot of ways. There’s a lot of farming communities, and so there’s so many activities. There’s so many things to do.”

Ornelas got the chance to try some local cheese, take a horseback trek and admire the view from Point Bonita Lighthouse.

“There’s amazing institutions, restaurant institutions, for oysters, clam chowder,” Ornelas said. “You get a little bit of that East Coast feel on the West Coast, which is so nice.”

Ornelas also made pit stops in SacramentoHalf Moon Bay, Carmel-by-the-sea and San Francisco on his journey.

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