This is a book for the adventure traveler, and it covers the California coast from Santa Barbara to the Oregon border, including camping, hiking, kayaking, surfing, hidden beaches, back roads, brew pubs, people worth meeting and places to stay.

County by county and almost mile by mile, Fischer invites the reader to hop in and take an extended outdoor adventure along the coast. Pack your tent, boots, kayak, surfboard and sense of adventure and get ready to see California’s central and north coast as you’ve never experienced it before. Read the book as travel literature before departing, and bring it along as reference once on the road. The nearly 200 color photos and maps help bring each area to life.

Fischer is an outdoor and travel writer who has written for many publications. He is also the author of three non fiction books on the west coast as well as three novels. Another non fiction book and novel to be released in 2014. He's currently president of Outdoor Writers Association of California. A specialist on California and the coast, Fischer has spent decades exploring and engaging in outdoor adventures.