Adventure in Los Angeles

Angelinos live al fresco. It defines their lifestyle. Whether it's hiking the Santa Monica mountains or surfing the coves of Malibu, everyone rolls with a water bottle, yoga pants and shades. Access is everywhere, even from the strip you can walk up Runyon Canyon see all of LA and it's toned prospectors.

Unsung is LA's role as base camp extraordinare to America's most beautiful landscapes. Within 300 miles lie 5 famous national parks: Yosemite, Sequoia, Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and the reach out and touch it Channel Islands. All are within a day's drive: hug the largest trees in the world, see the incomparable yosemite valley, climb the mastiffs of the desert or dive in kelp forests with dolphins. Few major cities offer such access, to stand on the tallest point in the US outside Alaska it's a 3 hour drive and a 10 mile walk from LAX.