We decided to fly in to SFO, then down to monterey and then out to yosemite. From yosemite we will head to sierra national park on the way back to the coast. We will take our time driving down and leave out of LA. This way we can see the coast and yosemite and limit the time in the car as much as possible, and still take our time to enjoy it all. Any thoughts on where to stop along the way on the trip from yosemite back to coast or along the coast...especially any great place to be for 4th of July?
Thank you all for your input, so helpful! We were able to get a pretty good deal on tickets to SFO so it worked out.