Hitting the open highway!

We are planning to leave in January and head for California, we we'll keep to the southern states, Texas, New Mexico and so forth, so we will miss the cold weather.  I want to go to San Diego, there are some sights there I want to see. They have in the San Diego zoo, it is located and it  houses over 3,700 animals of more than 650 species and subspecies. The San Diego Zoo was a pioneer in the concept of open-air, cageless exhibits that re-create natural animal habitats. It is one of the few zoos in the world that houses and successfully breeds the giant panda. We did get to see some panda at the zoo in Atlanta..they were spectacular! In 2013, the zoo added a new Koalafornia Adventure exhibit, providing an updated Australian experience. Then we will head up the coast to see the sights in California. Los Angeles, Los Angeles is a sprawling Southern California city and the center of the nation’s film and television industry. Near the iconic Hollywood sign, studios such as Paramount Pictures, Universal and Warner Brothers can be seen.  On Hollywood Boulevard, TCL Chinese Theatre displays celebrities’ hand- and footprints, and the Walk of Fame honors thousands of luminaries. San Francisco, in northern California, is a hilly city on the tip of a peninsula surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. It's known for its year-round fog, iconic Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars and colorful Victorian houses. The Financial District's Transamerica Pyramid is its most distinctive skyscraper. In the bay sits Alcatraz Island, site of the notorious former prison., the Redwoods, Napa Valley and so forth. Oregon I'm told is not to be missed, Oregon is a coastal U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest known for its diverse landscape of forests, mountains, farms and beaches. The city of Portland is famed for its quirky, avant-garde culture and is home to iconic coffee shops, boutiques, farm-to-table restaurants and microbreweries. Highlights include the Native American art in the Portland Art Museum, the Japanese Garden and the Lan Su Chinese Garden. Then it is up to Washington State, Washington has a terrain spanning the snow-capped Cascade Mountains to forested islands in Puget Sound. Its largest city, Seattle, is known for its thriving tech industry, vibrant music scene and famed coffeehouses. Its landmarks include the futuristic Space Needle, century-old Pike Place Market and Seattle Aquarium. Innovative glass art is displayed at Chihuly Garden & Glass, Mount Rainer is also in the mix! Then it is on to Alaska, Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area, the 3rd least populous and the least densely populated of the 50 United States. Approximately half of Alaska's residents live within the Anchorage metropolitan area. Alaska's economy is dominated by the fishing, natural gas, and oil industries, resources which it has in abundance and one of the things on the bucket list is to fish for salmon and Halibut!  That would take till the summer and then we will be back here for the baby's first birthday in August. After that we are going to try the East coast again😉