West coast - 7days

[Seagreen10]

Originally Posted by beb0p

You can easily spend two weeks in either North or South CA alone. So one week to cover the entire CA and NV is very rush. Don't expect to see everything. But here's some things suggest (obviously I don't expect you to visit all of them), in no particular order other than grouped by cities:

Northern CA:

San Francisco:
1. Fisherman's Wharf
2. Alcatraz
3. Union Square
4. Chinatown
5. Alamo Square
6. Twin Peaks
7. Japantown
8. Golden Gate Bridge
9. Lombard St
10. Ghiradelli Square
11. De Young Museum
12. Asian Art Museum
13. Golden Gate Park
14. Palace of Fine Arts
15. Mission District (for food)
16. Exploratorium
17. Walt Disney Museum



North of SF:
1. Sausalito
2. Muir Woods (hiking)
3. Berkeley downtown
4. Napa Valley - Napa downtown
5. Napa Valley - Yountville


South of SF (mostly ocean towns):
1. Half Moon Bay - Mavericks (if you're really into surfing.)
2. Santa Cruz boardwalk
3. Monterey
4. Camel
5. Pebble Beach 17-mile drive


Sacramento:
1. State Capitol building
2. Old Sacramento
3. Fairytale Town
4. Railroad Museum


That's it for now. I'm sure I've left out a few more; and I'll leave the South CA attractions to the locals.

This is a super list, thanks!
I know 7 days are a rush but max we strech it for is 10 days. I started a new job 4 months back, not sure if i am getting that many days off soon

[Seagreen10]

Originally Posted by freepelican

Seeing things through the eyes of a child is half the fun!

I am so tempted to take up that idea but honestly none of our family stays close. by close i mean nothing in 1000 miles radius. And i cant leave her with a friend, i will be stressed the entire time.

Besides (at the cost of sounding too motherly) i wudnt be able to vacation without her.

The Vegas option of babysitters was thanks!

[oddstray]

Originally Posted by Seagreen10

Thanks a lot! this is great info

I forgot to mention, we are flying in from NJ. So planning to cover as much as we can , dont know when the next trip might be.
Driving is not really an issue, we will be renting a car for the entire stay. As of now we are pretty sure that we want to see Grand canyon. ...

The Grand Canyon is nowhere near to anything else you're talking about. I'd suggest to save that for a separate trip, otherwise you'll be spending half of your vacation going to/from it back to the coast. Yosemite is a possibility, though.

[Seagreen10]

Originally Posted by oddstray

The Grand Canyon is nowhere near to anything else you're talking about. I'd suggest to save that for a separate trip, otherwise you'll be spending half of your vacation going to/from it back to the coast. Yosemite is a possibility, though.

Yeah, i realized grand canyon would be a strech.
Maybe we will settle for Yosemite only. Thanks!

[freepelican]

Originally Posted by Seagreen10

Yeah, i realized grand canyon would be a strech.
Maybe we will settle for Yosemite only. Thanks!

I did a whirlwind trip to the Grand Canyon when I was younger and have always regretted it. Need to go back. It is not something you want to do rushed.

[Hawk J]

Originally Posted by Seagreen10

Thanks a lot! this is great info

I forgot to mention, we are flying in from NJ. So planning to cover as much as we can , dont know when the next trip might be.
Driving is not really an issue, we will be renting a car for the entire stay. As of now we are pretty sure that we want to see Grand canyon. How kid friendly it is, i dunno.
From the posts above, the following looks interesting
1. SFO - What exactly in SFO, clueless lol
2. 1 beach - maybe pacific grove
3. knott's berry farm looks interesting
4. Old Town Pasadena - sounds interesting
5. Monterey County coastline
6. Las vegas - casinos (I know one will have to babysit)

Ever since summers hit the east coast(Finally!) we have been making rounds to aquariums and zoo every weekend, and to be honest all 3 of us are kinda done with watching animals. Maybe we will build up some excitement to include sandiego zoo by then.

This was very helpful, thanks again!

Looking for more suggestions to add to the list, and then can finally pick up and build up an itinery.

Howdy Seagreen10,

San Francisco Golden Gate Park has a Japanese Tea Garden & there is also an Aquarium in Park.

Japanese Tea Garden

Las Vegas has Circus Circus with part geared toward children

Circus Circus Las Vegas

Have a Wonderful Adventure...

[nslander]

Originally Posted by Magnolia2014

Not sure about southern California, but don't worry: it's not too bad once you learn to hold your breath for extended periods of time!

Better effort next time.