Great Places

Arizona

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum – Tucson, AZ

Bat ears?!?
Can you see the Hummingbird in it’s nest?

California

Cabrillo National Monument – (amazing scenic area) – San Diego, CA

Cabrillo National Monument
View of San Diego

Lassen Volcanic National Park

McArthur-Burney Falls State Park

Can you see Hugh?

Mt Soledad National Monument – (spectacular views & memorials) – La Jolla, CA

Mt Soledad Veterans Memorial
Mt Soledad Veterans Memorial

Redwood N.P & State Parks and Visitors center( Pictures cannot convey the magnificence of the Redwoods)

Animals in the Redwoods

*Requa Rd. Vista Point

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Requa Road Vista Point

 

Idaho

Hot Lava Springs

Oregon

Cape Perpetua Scenic Area 

Spouting horn and Thors Well Scenic Area
Spouting Horn

Cape Arago State Park, Simpson Reef

Check out the angle of the rock outcrops!

Iredale Shipwreck @ Sunset

Samuel Boardman State Scenic Corridor

Harris Beach State Park

Harris Beach
Harris Beach

High Desert Museum (fantastic museum) – Bend, OR

Wheeler High School Fossil Beds (searching for and collecting fossils from what used to be a shallow lake bed 33 million years ago.  Wonderful experience and fun activity for the whole family!  Bring something for shade (umbrella, small popup tent).   – Fossil, OR

Digging for Fossils, Wheeler High School, Oregon Fossil leaves from Wheeler H.S., Oregon Fossils from Wheeler H.S., Oregon Fossils from Fossil, Oregon

Texas

Escape Game (challenging and sooo much fun) – Austin, TX

Fort Davis ( terrific exhibits and restoration) – Fort Davis, TX

Junior officer’s quarters

Houston Museum of Natural Science (fantastic museum) – Houston, TX

Zilker Park (so much to see and do)- Austin, TX