The Great American Road Trip ChallengeOne trip, ~2.5 years, 48 states

← CaliforniaMonterey & Carmel

Day544

Day 544 — Free Day — Monterey & Carmel

Free day

516Balboa Park 517Harbor & Coronado 518La Jolla 519Free Day 520Up to the desert 521Joshua Tree 522Palm Springs 523Free Day 524West to Los Angeles 525Hollywood 526Art & the Beach 527Downtown & the Studios 528Free Day 529Up the coast 530Santa Barbara 531The Central Coast 532Free Day 533Inland to the Sierra 534The Giant Forest 535Kings Canyon 536North to Yosemite 537Yosemite Valley 538Glacier Point & the Mist Trail 539Sequoias & the High Country 540Free Day 541West to the coast 542Monterey Bay 54317-Mile Drive & Big Sur 544Free Day 545Inland to Pinnacles 546Caves & Condors 547North to San Francisco 548The Golden Gate 549Alcatraz & the Wharf 550Cable Cars & Hills 551Free Day 552Up to the capital 553Capitol & Gold Rush 554Free Day 555West to wine country 556Napa Valley 557Sonoma & Calistoga 558Free Day 559East to Lake Tahoe 560The Lake 561Carson City, the Comstock & Reno 562Free Day 563Northwest to Lassen 564Fire & Steam 565West to the coast 566Bluffs & Glass Beach 567Free Day 568North to the redwoods 569The Tall Trees 570Fern Canyon & the Coast 571North into Oregon

Nothing scheduled. The note below is a suggestion, not a plan.

All day· unscheduled
Big Sur, or the aquarium againFree / Rest Days
Highway 1 south from Carmel is one of the great drives on earth and turning round whenever you like is the whole point. Or 17-Mile Drive and Carmel's beach.