Originally Posted by
JoyRider
Thanks for all the responses.
Looking at how expensive some of the hotels in SF are, now I'm thinking maybe we can stop a couple of hours out of SF and then head into the city the following day. This way I will cut down a bit on our driving too. So with that in mind, I'm thinking about hopping over on to HWY 1 at some point.
A few options after looking at the map seem to be Monterrey, Santa Cruz Etc.
What are your opinions about those places and how long of a drive would it be on HWY 1 from there to SF on a Tuesday morning?
Thanks
Are you still planning on Death Valley? That's making a long trip longer.
I think I would do LA -> Death Valley -> Overnight Bishop or Mammoth -> take US395 and US50 -> Overnight Sacramento -> SF.
If you do CA1 from Monterey to SF plan on 2.5 hours for that leg.
For this short of a trip I would avoid CA1 between SLO and Monterey if you also do Death Valley. It's absolutely beautiful but SLOW.
Edit: just a heads up the long range forecast models have a storm hitting the Sierra around 4/13-15, and another one around 4/19-20, so this may make crossing US395 and US50 difficult with snow (where TH was this snow two months ago?!).