California - any suggestions
The wife and I have booked two weeks in California this September, flying into San Francisco then flying home from San Diego, with the plan to spend the two weeks driving down bit by bit until we fly home.
Apart from a few nights in San Francisco and then Carmel, so I can visit Pebble Beach and hopefully play Spyglass Hill we’ve nothing set in stone.
Grateful for any hints and suggestions.
California - any suggestions
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Originally Posted by
sevvy
Yosemite is definitely on the radar.
Tourists tend to stick the Californian usual suspect locations. Rarely on the radar is US 395 on the east side of the Sierra Nevada between Lake Tahoe, through Yosemite (east side entrance), down to Lone Pine and onto LA as part of a road trip for amazing views. 14,000 ft Sierras out of one car window, and -200ft Death Valley out of the other.
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/article...395-road-trip#
I found the views from US1/Big Sur no better than the Cornish coast. Hotel prices on the Big Sur start in the $1,000s per night, so you have to bolt from Monterey to SLO in a day unless you are willing to pony up some serious $$$$.
But you can do US1 in one direction and US395 to backtrack. An excellent mix of mountains, desert and sea.