Wine country, the redwoods and Lake Tahoe

Driving plan

1. Day 1 Land at San Francisco (SFO), drive to San Francisco
   About 20 km (10 mi), 20 min
2. 1 San Francisco, CA · Days 1–3 · 3 nights
3. Day 4 San Francisco, drive to Napa
   About 80 km (50 mi), 1 h
4. 2 Napa, CA · Days 4–5 · 2 nights
5. Day 6 Napa, drive to Mendocino
   About 200 km (130 mi), 3 h
6. 3 Mendocino, CA · Days 6–7 · 2 nights
7. Day 8 Mendocino, drive to Eureka
   About 230 km (140 mi), 3 h 10 min
8. 4 Eureka, CA · Days 8–9 · 2 nights
9. Day 10 Eureka, drive to South Lake Tahoe
   About 660 km (410 mi), 8 h 10 min · a long driving day
10. 5 South Lake Tahoe, CA · Days 10–11 · 2 nights
11. Day 12 South Lake Tahoe, drive to San Francisco
    About 300 km (190 mi), 4 h
12. 6 San Francisco, CA · Day 12 · 1 night
13. Day 13 San Francisco to San Francisco airport (SFO), fly home to Amsterdam
    About 20 km (10 mi), 20 min

In all: about 1,520 km, 19 h 50 min, 7 days with a drive.