A little vacation

[Mesa Mike]

Since we lived there for about "forever" I have some recommendations. 1. If You go all that way to NAPA you need to spend part of two days there with an 1 overnight. 2. It's 8 hours from PHX direct to Santa Barbara. I would make that your first overnight. 3. PCH all the way to Monterey with a stop overnight at Pismo Beach. 4. Pismo to Monterey for afternoon aquarium tour and overnight. 5. Continue up PCH with lunch in Half Moon Bay at Barbara's Fish Trap. 6. From Half Moon Bay up PCH to and across the G.G. Bridge with over night in Sausalito. (Don't think there is lodging at Stinson Beach and not much to see there you can't enjoy just driving past). Muir woods is on the way to Stinson Beach. 7. Drive PCH to Point Reys lighthouse. 8. From the lighthouse east over to Petaluma and on to NAPA. 9. From NAPA head east on I-80 or smaller local highways to Lake Tahoe. The Bay Area Cobra Club Club's (BACC) 20 anniversary "snakes-top-the-lake trip is Sept 16-19. Expect about 60 or more cars to join in that run. It's gotten so large, a group cruise up is no longer an option expect for small groups now. The group will fill up a complete motel on south shore. Need to coordinate with BACC, "Monster Mike" to gain access to group motel. Many other hotels in the area as it is on "state line" around the large casino's. It's about 6 hrs from South Lake to Bakersfield or make it longer and go through Yosemite. Bakersfield to Indio is about 5 hours and Indio is about 5 hours from PHX. On a trip of that magnitude I would recommend that someone who's car is unfinished or wants to drive but NOT in their Cobra pull a trailer with plenty of tools and jacks, etc to help a car that WILL break down along the way. I have never been on a long NORCAL cruise that someone didn't have mechanical problems.

The above route will take you on PCH from Sana Monica all the way to PT. Reyes. Known locally as the Pacific Coast Highway and it takes you through the most beautiful drive (Big Sir) along the California Coast.