CALIFORNIA'S GOLDEN 15

Been there? Done that? Test yourself

By Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
06:04 PM PST, November 13, 2007

WHAT ARE YOUR CALIFORNIA FAVORITES?

You don't agree with our list of California golden spots?

Create your own list latimes.com/favorites, rate your own California travel quotient latimes.com/scoreboard.


Of course you have to count. Add together the Golden 15 destinations, the 15 California-for-beginners destinations and the 15 web-only honorably mentioned destinations, and you get a total of 45 possible quintessential California places.

If you have visited:

15 or fewer: You need to get out more. Those Huell Howser episodes on public television are no substitute for the real thing.

16-24: You're on your way, but are you wearing blinders? Odds are, you're either a beach person indifferent to the high-altitude territory east of Interstate 5 or a mountain person indifferent to the low-attitude territory west of Interstate 5.

25-32: Congratulations. You've been around. In fact, you've probably flirted with that classic California daydream: snow and ocean in a single day. (Have you considered the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, followed by a westward sprint on Interstate 10?)

33-45: We bow to you. Now, rest up at home for a while and leave some parking places for the rest of us.

Where am I?

String-tied Shriner scofflaws – in summer, it seems like they’re everywhere. And those zippy little cars are never far away.


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