Southern Cal. guys

[impboy]

I think with the amount of time you have, trying to go up past San Fransisco into the Redwoods would make for a bunch of driving - doable but probably not as much fun than if you had gone later in the year around spring time.

I'm going to agree with with 70sixter about the route to take and places to see. We're getting a lot of rain right now as I'm typing but who knows...the days you plan to be here could be beautiful. (Here being San Diego.)

I drive up and down the San Diego coast quite often in my '01 Box or the '60 MGA. I'm currently planning the route for the upcoming San Diego Rolling British Car Day and can recommend plenty of great coastal and back country roads with lots of twists and turns.

I also went up to Napa in the Box and then back down Hwy 1 recently and it's a great drive but it's a LOT of driving.

Feel free to send me a private message and I can help you plan a route. And congrats on the new Box!

[Topless]

Agreed.

Resist the temptation to bite off more than you can chew. It's about 6 hrs from Phoenix to SD and another 12 hrs from SD to "The Redwoods" if you drive in a bee line and don't stop to enjoy the trip (maybe 24 hrs if you take the PCH all the way). In Feb this year the Redwoods will also be receiving about 50 inches of El Nino so you may not see them even if you do get there. See the south coast, enjoy the beautiful shoreline drives, skip TJ altogether and maybe spend a day in Anza Borrego on your way back to Phoenix.

[vath2001]

Sound like you're going to skip running up to the Grand Canyon. I've the done the Rt66 and it a really nice drive. I alway take a laptop with MS Streets and Trips installed for all my maps/direction. No Internet needed - I have the GPS version. The laptop also allow us to down load the camera every night too. And we take a 12dc-120v inverter. Allows laptop charging, cell phone, curling iron (no kidding, she used it at a campgound, plugged into the car).