We plan to spend some nights in Tahoe w friends, then head to Big Sur for the TEEBONES resort - worried about teh road construction on 1- spend a few days in TERRANEA - any recommendations such as visiting Santa Barbara or LAgunaBeach along the way?

Happy f any recommendations to make a LONG trip more enjoyable - was thinking about flying RENO to Monterey but seems to be expensive and a lot of time investm vs road tri