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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All 3!

Stop over in Santa Cruz and spend a couple of hours then head down to Carmel for the night.  Explore the area that evening and morning.  Head into Big Sur by noon and explore. Stay in the park and then head down to the southern part of Big Sur onwards to Hearst Castle and stay the night.  Continue onto LA the next day.

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Thank you! These are great ideas.  I only have two nights to get to LA, so I can't stop at all three of you suggestions (as much as I'd want to).  Between Carmel and Big Sur, which would be a better option? I feel like Carmel would have more to do, but Big Sur is more beautiful?  Or, am I off base?

When you say "stay in the park" - do you mean camp? Or rent a  cabin or something?  [/quote]

Oh, that definitely would change things.

Then I would drive to Monterey and check out the aquarium or to the nearby Asilomar State Beach and explore the beach area then stay the night in Carmel.  Not a whole lot for kids to do in Carmel, the beach is pretty and just walking around the town and reading all the house names is kind of fun.

Head out early the next morning. Driving through Big Sur is not the easiest and some parts can get really narrow and winding so you want to be out of the park on the other end before dark. If you did decide to stay in the park there are a few lodges available so you don't have to camp.

We've only done this drive to Big Sur then turned around and headed to Yosemite, but if we had continued on we would have stayed in Cuyucos for one night and then head down to LA with pit stops in Santa Barbara and Malibu.

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I like these suggestions. We did the trip the other way and stayed in Cambria, not Cuyucos, for the night. And then saw Hearst Castle first thing the next morning, but your kids might be too young for that. Right around Cambria there's a stop with a walkway to see a beach full of elephant seals. Santa Barbara is a good lunch stop. [/quote]

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