July 10, 2016
Duration: 4.5 days
Mileage: ~2000
Starting point: Irvine, CA
States: CA
Budget for 2 people : $450 ($65 for 2 nights in camps, $45* for 2 nights in hotels, $200 gas, $120 food, $20 other)
- Day 0: drive to San Francisco after work
- Day 1: drive to Redwoods National Park along Pacific Coast, explore Glass Beach and Avenue of the Giants (420 mi, 10 h overall)
- Day 2: explore Fern Canyon, Big Tree of Elk Creek Prairie SP, Newton B. Drury Scenic Pkwy, Crescent Beach, Enderts Beach, Howland Hill Road; drive to Lassen Volcanic National Park (400 mi, 9 h overall)
- Day 3: hike to Cinder Cone; drive to Sacramento (300 mi, 6 h overall)
- Day 4: explore Sacramento; “17 mile drive”; drive home (600 mi, 10 h)
* We used our Wyndham rewards to book hotels, one night price was $15, second $30