Hawaii is a tropical paradise, with it's 22 islands, I'm sure you can find an island that you'll like, there are 8 main islands, they're Hawaii, Maui, Kahoolawe, Molokai, Lanai, Oahu, Kauai, and Niihau.  People aren't aloud to live on Kahoolawe.  Hawaii has beautiful flowers and rainforests.  California has big redwood forests and in the forests are big banana slugs, which are about a 5 inches long.