My partner and I have been planning for this trip for a long time. We knew early on that we wanted to go to California, but we couldn't decide where. Northern? Central? Southern? There were so many places in California we wanted to visit, but there was no way we'd be able to see everything. Bummer, I know. In the end, we settled on San Francisco, Monterey Bay, and Yosemite National Park. We had a pretty rough itinerary to work with. Was it the most efficient use of our time? Probably not. Personally, I liked having some wiggle room in...