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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yosemite is amazing! Love the historic hotel Ahwanee. You have to make hotel and park reservations a year in advance. June and May is the best time.

Bay Area.  I love San Francisco. The one downside is that the hotels are concentrated in union square and the eastern side where it is getting better but still not what it used to be. Business travel has not come back, tech workers are remote or hybrid and many of the stores have shut down. The western side of the city is amazing. If you can find a nice Airbnb in Inner Richmond, Pacific Heights or the Marina it’s so much nicer. Russian Hill is great the hills are a killer. Sausalito is a really cute town on the Bay just over Golden Gate Bridge.

Just south of the Bay Area is Santa Cruz, Monterey, Carmel and Big Sur. Fantastic area! Beach, nature preserves, redwoods, wetlands etc.

In the LA area you have the Getty, Griffin Observatory and Universal if you want a theme park  in the NW area. If you are into Disney, there is Disneyland in Anaheim about 90 minutes east and slightly south. 30 minutes south is Huntington Beach and Newport Beach or go another hour or two NW and you have Joshua Tree.

Santa Monica is fun. Malibu is shockingly beautiful.

The drive along the coast from Santa Monica up to the Bay Area is phenomenal! Highly recommend this. You could split the drive by staying overnight in Santa Barbara or go a little off the route and stay in SLO. [/quote]

Another California resident here and agree with PP's suggestions. A few more to add: driving up the coast from Los Angeles on Highway 1 I highly recommend Treebones resort south of Big Sur. It's unique and a very California experience. If anyone in your family has an interest in space, try to get into JPL near Pasadena for a free tour, they can be booked a month in advance.

I'm with the chorus saying Los Angeles is a must. Getty, and the Museum Row offerings are great, especially the Academy Museum.

Definitely San Francisco, lots to do and walks around the Berkeley and Stanford campuses are  interesting.

I live in Sonoma County and love Bodega Bay and the north coast. Wine tasting is a vibe but of course not for kids. You have lots of opportunities for redwood exploration, but I am partial to Armstrong Woods.

Definitely Tahoe.[/quote]

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