How to plan a winter road trip in the United States in California?

Near San Francisco or Los Angeles, and then the road trip means you can drive?

5 days

San Francisco-Los Angeles, drive along the seaside, the scenery is very beautiful Well, the first stop is Monterey/Carmel. You can see a lot of butterflies in Pacific Grove this season. Further south is the famous Big Sur, with great sea views, mountain climbing, and very high-end vacation villas. It's time to rest on the first day. Continue walking to San Simeon where you will find the famous beast castle, the prototype of the movie "Citizen Kane". There is a beach next to it where elephant seals gather to give birth (only more from December to April). You can stay in Morro for about the same day. Bay, with a beautiful big rock in the middle, is known as the Gibraltar of California. Going further south, we can reach Los Angeles on the same day. On the way, we will pass by San Babara, which is not bad (there is Channel Island National Park opposite, but the scenery is actually average). In "Forrest Gump", Forrest Gump ran to the seaside and talked about the filming of the end of the world. There, but looking at the sea all the way may have made you tired. Whether you are traveling from Los Angeles to San Francisco or vice versa, leave a day to wander around the city and then take I5 back (6 hours). It will be warm all the way.

10 days?

You can do a small loop. Take the above route for the first 4-5 days. When you go back, you can take the eastern mountainous area. Winter is the best time to go to Death Valley. Time (not the best, the best when it blooms in early spring, the rest of the time is very hot), it is worth driving a long way to see it, it is the lowest altitude place on the North American continent. If you are not afraid of the cold, you can go to Yosemite and Sequoia Park. They are both covered with snow but the road conditions should be passable, but some parts are inaccessible. After having fun, go a little further north to near Tahoe, which is a ski resort in winter. If you like to have fun for a few days, if you have more money (or if you have less money and want to get rich), you can gamble in Reno, next to Nevada, California. The most annoying thing about a road trip is going back. I am alone most of the time. It would be very tiring to drive the same way back. If you don’t have this problem, you can go from Southern California along the coast to Seattle in 10 days. In addition to the things mentioned in the five days above, you should also go to Redwood National Park at the junction of California and Oregon. It has the largest trees in the world, not just one tree but a large area. I think Crater Lake in Oregon is the most beautiful lake in the United States, followed by Tahoe. However, it gets colder further north, and not many people like the winter in Seattle.