Quote Originally Posted by Tito Brown

...2 weeks might be too long...
But less than two weeks is barely enough time enough to drive to the far west, see the sights, and drive back. It is, for example, over 2500 miles from Tallahassee to Yosemite, a minimum of four days (and more likely 5 days) each way. So you are going to be spending 9-10 days driving and a minimum of $900 in gas just to spend a few days seeing a few of the natural wonders of the west. You can certainly do that, and if you do, here is a post with links to several discussions of the best things to see and do that would generally include Big Sur, Yosemite and the Grand Canyon.

And yes, I am a bit concerned that your girlfriend is already dreading spending this kind of time with her best friend.

AZBuck