Road Trip on the PCH: Where To Stop and What To Do with Kids from LA to San Francisco
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![Elephant Seal Vista Point in San Simeon. Photo by Meghan Rose](https://mommyp-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/image620x420/s3/seal-beach-img_6944edit.jpg?itok=o67ufXZU)
My in-laws live in the Bay Area, so we make the trip up north several times a year, and whenever we can, we like to take our time and travel up the coast along the PCH and the 101. There are so many things to see and places to stop that a road trip up the PCH should be on every family's bucket list. There are kid friendly-activities and great food everywhere, not to mention hikes and places to explore the unique California landscape— including beaches filled with elephant seals, dinosaur caves, goat dairy farms, and hikes through Redwood Groves.
This is the perfect first family road trip because if you break the trip into a few days, the distances between destinations are easy for even little kids. So load up your device with great podcasts for kids, learn a few new road trip car games, and put rubber to the pavement with these must-see destinations for kids along the California coast!