Thanks for the La Brea Tar Pits suggestion. We took our kids when our son was maybe 3 or 4 years old, so he won’t remember it.
It’s funny...it was one of my very first memories when we lived in LA when I was 3 or 4 years old back in ‘54 or ‘55. I remember our old Dumont TV catching on fire, putting out a cigarette barefoot (imitating the big guys — that hurt), watching the jet fighters land at the Hughes Aircraft plant and popping their chutes, dad diving into the ocean waves, and mom in her beautiful sun dresses.
I have been down in southern Nevada and Utah for past week, flying home from Vegas on Saturday afternoon. Very good weather for several days into Saturday but looks like a strong cold front with gusty winds and showers could hit on Saturday (late afternoon) into Sunday, would be cautious about going very far inland on Sunday. Strong wind gusts are being predicted for eastern CA and southern NV into western AZ (also Utah) for Sunday. It will likely be clearing up by monday. San Diego zoo (monorail) could be an option.
We enjoyed a fabulous visit to various national parks in southern Utah and northern Arizona, and saw some condors flying over Colorado River near Lees Ferry. It has been sunny and around 90F for past few days, only one brief interval of rain a week ago Friday. Love 80 mph limit on interstates. It is like the 1950s with all mod cons down this way. (yes boo-boo, you guessed the reason) ;)
I suspect Eisenhower is still president around here.