The beach boys didn't write the song "Texas Girls", they wrote "California Girls."
Why CA is fabulous:
You can find snow and 70 degree weather in the same state at the same time.
Home of a zillion sports teams that I probably can't even name yet but just a few: THe Kings, Lakers, Sharks, Ducks, Angels, Niners, Raiders, Giants, A's, etc etc etc...
Awesome beaches in San Diego
Home of the stars... Hollywood CA.
DISNEYLAND!
Yosemite
San Francisco
ANd if you live in SD, you are about 2 (give or take) hours from TJ