Thanks to all of your wonderful advice this is what i have come up with.As always,I am open to suggestions.Please give me driving times as well.

Fly into LA Tues PM
Spend Wed,Thur,Fri
Drive Sat to Bishop spend night
Drive Sun to Yosemite - spend 2 nights
Drive Tues to Lake Tahoe - Spend 3 nights
Drive Fri to Larrsen - spend night
Drive Sat to Falls - spend night
Drive Sun to Crater lake- spend night
Drive monday to cave junction - spend 2 nights
Drive wed to Crescent city - spend 1 or 2 nights????
drive to Eureka - spend 1 or 2 nights???
Drive to SF - Fly home tues

Is this Better?

Thanks for all of your help

Melissa

anybody??

Melissa, by creating new threads every time you make minor changes to your itinerary, or to ask about specific hotels etc., you spread thing out so that people can't see what others have already told you. Consolidate your questions onto ONE thread and people will be more responsive. You can add new questions again and again - that's the typical way. Otherwise you're asking others to do the legwork for you.

I would drive up to Yosemite via the central valley rather than via Bishop. If you go via Bishop, you will be going over the Tioga pass and back down to the Yosemite Valley floor. It is more logical to go from Yosemite over the Tioga Pass and then north ot Lake Tahoe. If you do not want to do the LA-Yosemite drive in one day, stop in Sequoia NP. You could then spend only two nights in Yosemite, as ytou could visit the Wawona Grove (or skip it) and Glacier Point on your way in. I would spend three nights in Yosemite, giving you one day for the valley floor and one day for Glacier Point and the Wawona area. Crescent City is not worth two nights. I think that the best redwoods are south of Eureka.

this is what i think looks good to drive down the coast

cave junction,ore to trinidad,ca
trinidad,ca to garberville,ca
garberville,ca

do I need three days to drive down the coast or should I do it in two?

melissa