3 friends and I want to road trip from Toronto to California

[dralexandra]

Hello everyone! I'm new to this forum, i read a couple of other posts and saw how helpful everyone was so i decided to see if anyone has any advice for my friends and I! In the summer months of either july or august my friends and I are looking to take a road trip from toronto ontario to california, we're planning on going to a music festival in LA on august 2nd until august 3rd. Other than the music festival and seeing new things, we have no reason to go. We're all university students and are thirsty for some experience. I have some questions!

Would 15-16 days work for this type of trip? Google maps estimated around 40 hours (4,250 km) for us to make it to california. We all plan on taking turns driving there, however we do plan on stopping nights at motels so we can sleep.

All but one of us will be 21 by the summer, unfortunately my friend has a birthday in december lol. What things do you recommend us doing on the way there, or once we reach California.

This isn't written in stone! We're interested in passing through Las Vegas. Are there any places you think we should stop and visit on the way? We're into nature, scenery, buildings, famous food places, everything!

The car we'll be renting is a Rav 4, i've looked up the gas mileage on it and it looks pretty decent. Car suggestions would be helpful as well.

Thanks for reading this :)