The 101 sounds great. I guess I'll take a drive along it once we are there.
Wise, I looked over the CAA advised route. Looks like we will be on the I-94 for quite a while. Then the I-80 for even longer.
Of course, that is just the advised route. If we were going straight there this route would be great, but like I mentioned earlier, we will be stopping in Pontiac Michigan to visit my relatives and then we will be making a huge detour and going to Spokane WA, where my wife's relative are. From Spokane, we will then make our way down to CA. I haven't really looked over the maps closely enough to figure out the best way to do all of this yet.
That's part of the fun of a trip for my me and my wife. We actually like getting lost and trying to figure our way out.