Jkern24

Hello
I've been working hard trying. To figure out the best route for my California trip. So far I am traveling with my 25 year old girlfriend to sanfranscico. We will be arriving in San Fran on a Saturday in February. We are staying downtown San Fran Saturday &Sunday night. Then Monday we are renting a car and going to tree bones resort and staying there Monday night. Now when we check out in Tuesday 11am we aren't sure we're to go from there.
Idea one: travel up north to the redwood forest for a few days and be back in San Fran Friday night
* we r leaving from SFO airport Saturday night at 9:44 and we need to return the car from downtown San Fran
Idea 2: travel down to Palm Springs where the weathers hot!

I am open to other suggestions because I am not sold on either idea!
Into hiking, outdoor activities, night life, exploring

Thank you so much!

ElendilPickle

Have you ever been to Yosemite? http://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm

Lee Ann

richardlawson

West Hollywood along Sunset Blvd. & Hollywood are nice places for nightlife. For your non-nightlife activities it is better to stay in Hollywood near the intersection of Hollywood Blvd. and Highland Ave., as this is a big public transportation and tour bus hub. You'll generally find that hotels in West Hollywood are more expensive than in Hollywood.

janisj

>>Then Monday we are renting a car and going to tree bones resort and staying there Monday night. Now when we check out in Tuesday 11am >Idea one: travel up north to the redwood forest for a few days and be back in San Fran Friday night

happytrailstoyou

You can walk among redwoods without driving to California's far north: http://gocalifornia.about.com/od/cap...California.htm

If you weren't totally committed to Tree Bones Resort on Monday, you could explore redwoods that day.

Yosemite is a great idea if you haven't been there. You could drive down the coast to Cambria, check out the Hearst Castle, and the continue on to Yosemite:

http://hearstcastle.org
http://www.yosemitepark.com

You could return to San Francisco on historic Highway 49 for some interesting local history: http://www.historichwy49.com/mainmap.html

HTtY

janisj

>>You can walk among redwoods without driving to California's far north:

happytrailstoyou

We are on the same page. Good.

HTtY

jamie99

Gold Country as suggested by HTTY is a good idea, we went there some time ago in early February (friend loaned us a cabin) and had a great time, a little rain but not a lot. We enjoyed visiting the towns and a few mines, there is also a few nice wineries in the area with halfway reasonable tasting fees. The main drawback was a lot of the activities like panning for gold and stagecoach rides in Columbia State Park were closed that time of year.

tomfuller

I agree with janisj and HTtY. You can see Coast Redwoods south of San Francisco at Butano State Park and a few other parks.
If there is not too much snow in Yosemite, by all means go there even in February.

sf7307

It's not that I disagree about Yosemite, but I would have an alternative in mind, since this is supposed to be a wet/snowy year.

lynni

Palm Springs won't be hot in February... the average is 72*.