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Northern California

Updated: March 11, 2008 12:32:06 PM PDT
Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Links
(Gregory J. Wilcox / Great Escapes)
Tee times and vines in Monterey

CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA - This is one of the hautest spots on California's breathtaking coast.

Leisure options abound - so many that the Monterey Bay area is best sampled, if possible, in small bites rather than crammed into a fast-paced moveable feast. That is, unless you have the time and money for an extended stay, or if you have friends or relatives in the area.

 
Ski resort experiences a Mammoth growth spurt

MAMMOTH LAKES -- America was certainly a different place in 1959 when my parents took me to ski at Mammoth Mountain for the first time. Eisenhower was in the White House, gas was 20-something cents a gallon, "The Mickey Mouse Club" was on television, and California's ski industry was in its infancy.

 

San Francisco's west end
SAN FRANCISCO -- The trail hugged the steep coastal bluff, and a chilly, salt-scented breeze swept up the slope, bearing the plaintive bleat of a foghorn. Unruly nasturtium vines festooned the hillside with orange blossoms, and the jagged limbs of cypress trees framed a distant landmark, the Golden Gate Bridge. 

Southern California

Updated: May 05, 2008 1:20:16 PM PDT
(Eric Noland)
Catalina rises from the ashes of '07 fire

AVALON -- The guides who conduct the Skyline Drive Tour of Catalina Island have a well-practiced spiel, and they can lapse into a drone from time to time. But there was nothing robotic about Bruce Poncel's delivery late last spring.

 
Happy trails for hikers in Santa Barbara

SANTA BARBARA - Half a century ago, when Southern California was in the throes of a post-war real estate boom, the citizens of Santa Barbara recognized a treasure in their possession: beautiful coastal expanses that were infinitely more appealing in their natural state.

Interactive: Hiking Santa Barbara
 

Surf Diva helps women, girls catch a wave
LA JOLLA -- Growing up on the East Coast, I always assumed surfing was a cultural rite of passage for anyone in Southern California who was blond, cute and who looked good in a bathing suit. 

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