Cali-Vegas

What time of the year are you going? If it's anytime other than June-August, you may have difficulty getting through the Sierra's.

You should also consider going through Death Valley. It doesn't take long to see stuff there.

Despite living in SoCal, I've never really spent much time in LA. There's just not a whole lot appealing there to me. That's all personal opinion though, but I'd rather spend extra time doing outdoorsey shit (Death Valley, extra time in Yosemite, or the PCH) than another day or two in LA.

As someone who lives in LA you should aware that the city (not the people, the infrastructure) isn't very friendly to tourists and much less friendly to people with access to great transportation systems (subways, rail, etc). While Metro IS good, the stations are so far and scarce.

I assume you'll be staying mostly on the westside or near hollywood. Please note that driving here takes forever (not just because of traffic, LA IS Huge, it's the biggest county in the states and is mostly inhabited). If you're going to do the touristy thing do Hollywood early in the day then move west to Santa Monica.

good trip keep in mind the eastern portion of your trip will basically be 100-110F every day all day so you may end up being super tired/dehydrated and not be able to actually do anything if you aren't used to those kind of temps. I don't think 6 days is going to be enough to do everything you want though, unless you are doing some weird thing where you are driving at night and seeing stuff in the daytime while the driver sleeps.

its basically 5 hours from LA to vegas and another 6 hours to yosemite and another 5 hours to SF and then 10 hours to LA so thats like 1/2 your trip just driving. i'd recommend either adding a week or just doing LA 2-3 days -> Vegas 2 days -> Grand canyon 1 day -> LA

in vegas go to either caesars buffet or cosmopolitan european friends who visit always are blown away by the sheer quantity of food muricans pack in. also visit an in'n'out in la or vegas and a giant 24 hour super-walmart in vegas. oh fry's electronics too in LA or vegas if you are a tech nerd

spronk_sl said:

its basically 5 hours from LA to vegas and another 6 hours to yosemite and another 5 hours to SF and then 10 hours to LA so thats like 1/2 your trip just driving. i'd recommend either adding a week or just doing LA 2-3 days -> Vegas 2 days -> Grand canyon 1 day -> LA

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If you're cutting out something between LA and SF, it definitely should be LA. Of course it's a little out of the way, but it's a much better place to visit.