Change of plans, California, it is! So excited. (suggestions welcome!)

[carole]

sounds like a real fun time ahead, it has been many, many years since i lasted visited LA and San Diego, but i can remember it , as if it were yesterday, i love San Diego, LA not so much, but so many wonderful exciting things to do there.

Have a great time and make the most of it.,you are only young once.

[Medusa]

You've already mentioned several places I would have recommended except the old Queen Mary which is moored in Long Beach. I've been there 3 times, stayed overnight once. I can't get enough of it. I love it. Give it a whirl.

If you do go to Catalina Island and you're prone to motion sickness as I am, take some Dramamine. I didn't b/c I was told that it was a gentle boat ride. Ugh. I was sick the entire day. If I had taken dramamine, I would've been fine.

One more thing: if you know any magicians who are members and who could give you a couple of passes, go to the Magic Castle. That's the only way you can get in. It's really neat to explore, you open the door by saying "Open sesame". (I'm a sucker for that kind of stuff.) The food is out of this world, too. The boy and I had a great time there.

[caseysmom]

Even though I live in California I'm in the north and I still get overwhelmed in southern cal.

My daughter goes to school in San Diego, I highly recommend the San Diego Zoo and the Safari Park.

[Karen]

The Getty Museum and the San Diego Zoo are both what I would recommend. I think you'll be blown away by the museum itself as well as the treasures it holds. I don;t know if Mike is as into that stuff as you are, maybe that's something you could do while he is working if not.