Traveling California - San Diego to San Fran

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On Aug. 2, my gf and I (both in our early 20's) will fly to San Diego to travel Calif. for a couple weeks. We fly out of San Francisco on Aug. 16. We are renting a car, so we will be able to drive pretty much anywhere. We are going to check out San Diego and LA (and surrounding areas) and then likely drive the coast up to San Fran. I know there are a lot of cubers in Calif. on here, so:
- What suggestions do you have for things to see/do in Calif.?
- From Aug. 2 - Aug. 16, does anyone in any of those areas have a place to crash for the two of us (a couch or even the floor is good for us)? We plan to stay mostly in hostels and/or the car, but it could be more fun to stay with a cuber and also get a local to show us around. If you are interested, I'd be glad to meet you and buy you dinner or something - shoot me a PM and we can discuss it. These are the areas in particular we are interested in couch surfing:
- San Diego area - anywhere in the city or in suburbs.
- LA area - anywhere within 30 minutes of that area.
- Santa Monica - anywhere near it.
- Anywhere near Monterey.

Thanks.
 
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When in SF, you could take an hour long drive up to Napa Valley and go wine tasting. We have some of the best wineries in the world up here =] You can also take a hot air balloon over the valley.
 
If you are interested in theme parks, we have Great America up here in San Jose. Lol... the Monterey Bay Aquarium... San Francisco is actually a tourist spot all on its own, the people there are crazy. I once saw a guy wearing all hot pink dress suit and he had a hat with a giant (ostrich? flamingo?) feather, plus a wooden cane with a diamond on the tip, and his shoes were hot pink (crocodile?) leather or something like that. Haven't been to L.A. much, but it's a HUUUGE city. You can spend all day in a car looking around and you still won't be done with tourism there. Check out Long beach if you want, too. Also, if you go to San Marino, near Pasadena, in L.A., there's this place called "Huntington Library, Art Gallery and Botanical Gardens" I think... It has a lot of flowers and it's real pretty. Don't know if you and your Gf are into that sort of stuff, but hey, just suggesting stuff. You have to pay to get in, but the entrance is still delightful. Hope you have a great time.
 
When your in San Francisco if you have time go down to the wharf, it is awesome. There's street performers sometimes, and there is a bread factory which you can take like a 15 minute tour in. Its just a really nice and relaxing area.
 
My floor (or couch, if you prefer a 2 person love-seat with wooden armrests) is available 8/6... come to the summer competition!
 
Wow...what to do in San Diego? Hmm,well there are numerous beaches you can go to such as Oceanside or Newport. Sitting on the beach, watching the sunset, and having a bonfire at night is so calming and relaxing. Also, if you're feeling adventurous, my friend's recently went on a rigorous hike called the "Devil's Punch Bowl." They seemed to really enjoy it, despite it being scorching hot. Here's more info on that: http://www.devils-punchbowl.com/
Of course, there are dozens of places to go shopping, such as Fashion Valley which is an outdoor shopping center.

There are so many things to do here, it's hard to think of all of them, so here's a website you can check and see what sounds interesting to you. http://www.sandiego.org/article/Visitors/795
 
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