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[quote=Anonymous]I'm from CA and live in Santa Cruz -- I love Southern CA and would absolutely not skip LA.  Especially with teenagers, it's just kind of fun to see all the pop culture stuff.

Heading north, Santa Barbara is a beautiful town -- would teenagers like it?  I dunno... Hearst Castle is very very cool, worth the trip.  They have elephant seals nearby, as well, if you've never seen them.  We have them up here too, at Ano Nuevo State Beach, about 30 mins north of SC (the drive between SC and SF is really beautiful).

San Francisco is great and like others have said, leave LITERALLY NOTHING in your rental car.  John Muir for the redwoods just north of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Up here in SC, pending time of year, my local beach is called the Shark Park because of the juvenile great whites that congregate just offshore in the summer.  We have the Beach Boardwalk (as seen in The Lost Boys), a decent food scene on the west side, and lot of nice beaches.  Surf lessons!  Sea otters!  Whale-watching.  Beach concerts in Capitola on Wednesdays, in SC at the Harbor on Thursdays.  Sometimes 80s bands play at the Boardwalk on weekend evenings.

If your kids are into/open to live music, you might want to check what's playing at the Hollywood Bowl (LA), Frost Amphitheater (Stanford), the Greek Theatre (Cal Berkeley), Golden Gate Park (SF) -- epic places to see a show and they all have some pretty great acts coming through, depending on your taste.[/quote]

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