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Tucked away in a valley filled with orange groves fewer than 90 miles from central Los Angeles is the village of Ojai-an oasis from stress, home to artists, health devotees and other urban escapees. Surrounded by burnished peaks, its grasses green in spring and gold in summer and fall, the Ojai Valley was the setting for Shangri-La in the 1937 Hollywood movie The Lost Horizon. It is still a place where you can retreat from a fast-paced lifestyle to find serenity on oak-shaded paths.
Lake Coeur d’Alene comes alive in the spring with an abundance of wildflowers and pristine lakeshore scenery. After a long winter season, the hiking and walking trails are ready to be explored. Near the town of Coeur d’Alene and within a short driving distance from town are dozens of scenic pathways to exercise or relax with a picnic lunch.
My boyfriend and I like to take visiting friends and family on a robust hike through some of San Francisco’s most famous neighborhoods. We teasingly call the experience The Forced March, and it is for our more fit friends. Join us, if you "fit" that description.