Hi there

Just about to book a flight I have held for only a couple of days, at av.good price, so little time for a full reviw before bookig.from the UK to California next year, so at the early planning stage.

I have 21 nights, but am considering flying into San Diego, and back from San Francisco, thus saving c500 miles, albiet the state does seem to lend itself to doing a big long loop.

Before I 'press the button' does anyone who has done the trip, have any views on my options. I want to see the 3 main cities, drive up the coast via the Big Sur, see Yosemite, poss lake Tahoe. having had a quick look at my old Rugh Guide to the USA, I want to get off the beaten track, to some gold towns, and maybe a flavour of Nth Cal.