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This is California

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Reasons to visit the Golden State.

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A map of San Gabriel Valley, of Los Angeles county. Check out Eric's blog to see the vast diversity that is Los Angeles! :)

"Few experiences are as emotionally satiating as being in the rarified air of the Eastern High Sierra in settings whose beauty defy description."

Monterey Beer Festival- The Night that never ends.

The news of gold brought some 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad.[2] Of the 300,000, approximately half arrived by sea and half came from the east overland on the California Trail and the Gila River trail.

No wine county bike tour is complete without spinning through California’s Dry Creek Valley. Bicycling Magazine ranks this part of Sonoma County among its top ‘must ride’ biking vacation spots in the world. The terrain is diverse and beautiful and “…there’s a wine tasting, it seems, on every mile.“

Chartered by Congress in 1862, the Central Pacific Railroad was the California-to-Utah portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad.

Kayak out from La Jolla Shores and watch these magnificent creatures as they migrate between Alaska and the birthing grounds in Baja, Mexico. Approximately 20,000 gray whales pass San Diego in their 10,000 mile annual migration from the Bering Sea to Baja California.

Visiting the Golden state? See some happy cows!

Sand Pond is 15 driving minutes from Sierra City and 1600 feet above town straight north. It's the lowest & smallest in a line of lakes that include Lower Sardine, Upper Sardine, and Young America.

Color spotter Richard McCutcheon sends these magical shots of golden light and color along Indian Creek seen above Taylorsville, California in the Plumas National Forest.

The Smith River flows through Oregon Hole Gorge, Smith River National Recreation Area, Six Rivers National Forest, California

Death Valley, California lit up by the sunset.

College Cove Trinidad, CA. Humbolt County. June 2008.

An early spring sunset lights up the sky above Saratoga Springs, a unique lush portion of Death Valley, California.

Castello di Amorosa is a winery located in Calistoga California which is part of the famous Napa Valley wine area. This castle was built at the cost of about $30,000,0000.00 and opened in 2007. Most of the castle was built using ancient techniques and includes over 800,000 brinks imported from Europe and comes complete with a fully equipped Dungeon and dining hall among it's 100+ rooms.

Just minutes from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and miles from the entrance to Yosemite, the city of Madera offers an oasis retreat in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley. Madera is less than two hours from three National Parks.

Pietra Santa Winery along the San Benito Wine Trail. This one is a real find. Beautiful location and wonderful wines.

Sunset on Big Bear Lake

Travel to Bodega Bay to see some Harbor seal pops.

A jogger on the Santa Ana River Trail takes advantage of a beautiful day with a view of the San Gabriel Mountains (still covered with snow) from the Lincoln Avenue bridge over the Santa Ana River in Anaheim, Calif. (Bruce Chambers/The Orange County Register)