Huntington Beach California

Huntington Beach

Is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California. Huntington Beach is known for its long 9.5 mile stretch of sandy beach, mild climate, excellent surfing, and beach culture. The ocean waves are enhanced by a natural effect caused by the edge diffraction of open ocean swells around the island of Catalina.

Courtney Conlogue, Hurley US Open of Surfing, Huntington Beach Pier

Swells generated predominantly from the North Pacific in winter and from a combination of Southern Hemisphere storms and hurricanes in the summer focus on Huntington Beach creating consistent surf all year long. Huntington beach is often referred to as "Surf City", because of this high profile event, its history and culture of surfing.

Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach

Is an independent  city located in the U.S state of Virginia. Although mostly suburban in character, it is the most populous city in Virginia, having grown larger than the more urban neighboring city of Norfolk, and is the 39th most populous city in the U.S.

Michael Dunphy, the scorpion from Virginia Beach, stings a lip. Photo: Jimmicane

Located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach is a resort city with miles of beaches and hundreds of hotels, motels, and restaurants along its oceanfront. Every year the city hosts the East Coast Surfing Championships as well as the North American Sand Soccer  Championships, a bieach soccer tournament.

Rocky Mountains

Rocky Mountains

The majestic Rocky Mountains are a major tourist location in the western United States. The Rocky Mountain are a major mountain range in western North America. The mountains stretch more than 3,000 miles from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States. within the North American Cordillera, the Rockies are somewhat distinct from the Pacific Coast Ranges and The Cascada Range and Sierra Nevada which all lie further to the west.

Hiking vacation in Rocky Mountain National Park By Dennis Flood