Gold Rush prospectors, dust-bowl refugees, midwesterners brainwashed by surf songs- they've all looked on the state as a paradise where their dreams would come true.Most of them didn't find the Garden of Eden when they crossed the state line, but California sure does look the part. Fertile valleys are nestled beneath rugged mountains, grapevines cover the hillsides and the tallest trees in the world stand high above a rocky ocean shore.There are so many wonderful things to see and do there that it's hard to pick what not to see and do.