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Originally Posted by olout
Hi there 
Me and my friend are planning to spend a few months in the States and Canada next year, to name a few we'll be covering San Diego, LA, Malibu, Laguna Beach, Phoenix, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Yosemite, San Francisco, Napa & Sonoma, Monterey, Seattle, Banff National Park and Jasper National Park. We'll thinking of going from around March/April - June/July time.
Lake Tahoe always looks so beautiful in photos on travel forums, we've never been and I've liked the idea of going there, we don't ski so wouldn't be interested in that, but now that I'm planning the journey (I think most logically on our route we would be driving from Yosemite Valley - although other suggestions welcome!!) I'm wondering if it's really worth going out of our way to South Lake Tahoe |
From San Francisco Napa, Tahoe isn't very far away if you drive middle of the week and middle of the day. But I wouldn't plan much more than a day there. Yosemite,Banff, Jasper, you should add Glacier National Park, are worth more time. The Monterey aquarium is nice if you are into that. If you go to Yosemite it's worth driving up to Tuolumne. Have fun.
The drive from Yosemite to Tahoe on the east side taking 395 is scenic.
If you want to take 120 across Yosemite to get to 395, be aware it's closed in winter. If it's a heavy snow year it might not open until late May.