Laidback: Starting with Grand Canyon
Kings Canyon/Sequoia
- Bay Area to Barstow, CA.
- Barstow to Grand Canyon. Stay in Williams, AZ.
- Drive to Las Vegas. Stay.
- Another night in Las Vegas.
- Drive to Visalia
- Sequoia & Kings Canyon, drive to Fresno/Oakhurst
- Yosemite, Back to the Bay Area
Death Valley/Eastern Sierra
- Bay Area to Barstow, CA.
- Barstow to Grand Canyon. Stay in Williams, AZ.
- Drive to Las Vegas. Stay.
- Another night in Las Vegas.
- Drive via Death Valley to Bishop.
- Devils Postpile, Mono Lake, stay near Mono Lake.
- Yosemite, Back to the Bay Area
Starting with Yosemite
- Drive from Bay Area to Yosemite. Drive past Tioga Pass (closed in winter). Stay near Mono Lake.
- Mono Lake, Devil's Postpile. Stay near Death Valley.
- Drive through Death Valley. Stay in Las Vegas.
- Another night in Las Vegas.
- Drive to the Grand Canyon.
- Drive back to Bakersfield.
- Drive via Sequoia National Park & King's Canyon national park. Back to the Bay Area.
- San Francisco Bay Area to Las Vegas. Reach night. Stay.
- Another night in Las Vegas.
- Drive to Grand Canyon South Rim. Stay in Page, Arizona.
- Antelope Canyon (book tour beforehand), Glen Canyon/Lake Powell, Grand Staircase Escalante. Stay near Bryce Canyon, Utah.
- Drive to Bryce Canyon, Utah. Stay in Torrey, Utah.
- Drive to Capitol Reef, Utah. Stay in Aurora, Utah.
- Drive to Great Basin, Nevada. (Book cave tour beforehand). Drive to Tonopah, Nevada.
- Mono Lake, Devil's postpile. Stay near Mono Lake.
- Yosemite, California. Drive back to Bay Area.