Quote Originally Posted by drmfreek View Post
I was looking at a map last night (a dangerous thing) and noticed that a lot of the California coast I wanted to see (Big Sur and surrouding area) was BELOW San Francisco, and not above it like I thought.
The north coast is pretty too, but you are right, the Big Sur is south of San Francisco!
Thats what I get for looking at a lot of closeup maps, and not the big picture. SO, changes were made. Added another day to the road trip!
That is ALWAYS a good thing!
Now we have-Las Vegas-Fresno (with Sequoia national park in the afternoon) Fresno-Big Sur;
Big Sur-San Francisco (with a stop in Santa Cruz in the middle, Mystery Spot looks awesome)
Just curious -- how are you getting from Las Vegas to Sequoia NP? It is possible, but that is a long, long day. All of the passes will be closed in April and so you will need to plan on at least a 488 mile trip. (Or about nine hours in the saddle) If you sight-see along the way, and maybe even go via Death Valley -- the trip will be at least 12 hours long.

Fresno to Big Sur: You need to look at that map again.... Fresno is way north of the Big Sur coastline. In order to drive along the coast, you will need to back-track 100 miles to San Luis Obispo and then head north again. This day will be about 6-7 hours
We were already doing 3 nights in the San Francisco/Sacramento area to see a friend, now I think we'll just spend all the nights in SF, and just drive to Sacramento if they can't drive to us. Easier!
OK, but Sacramento and San Francisco are not that close to each other. They are about 90 miles apart ~ a couple of hours of travel.

Mark