Jackie you have just nailed California's biggest problem. An embarrassment of riches. Cali has 9 National Parks, the most of any state in the country, one more than Alaska. And three of the most beautiful spots in the state are not National Parks, that being Big Sur, Mount Shasta and Lake Tahoe. It is just impossible to visit Cali and take it all in or even a very small selection of the riches. They have Yosemite, Sequoia, Kings Canyon, Death Valley, the Channel Islands, Joshua Tree, the Redwoods, Mount Lassen, and Pinnacles NPs. And a few dozen great state parks. Then there is Disneyland, the Dodgers, Universal Studios, Hearst Castle, the San Diego Zoo, the Monterey Aquarium, San Francisco, and the Mojave Desert. You can literally tour Cali forever. ;D