Best Warm-Weather Family Adventures

Airstreaming in Central Coast California

Surf clinics in Santa Barbara, diving the sea kelp forests in the channel, horseback riding through Ojai’s avocado and citrus groves, and whitewater rafting class V rapids in Sespe Creek make balmy Central Coast an ideal place for families.

Stay: For families seeking a retro adventure, check out Santa Barbara Silver Safari, a 1967 vintage Airstream trailer fitted with an iPod dock, marshmallow skewers, and binocs (sleeps four; from $175). The Ojai Valley Inn and Spa (from $300) offers family golf and tennis clinics, rock climbing and ropes courses, and excursions to a nearby butterfly sanctuary and seal rookery.