For cancellations at yosemite national park if you cant get any there are plenty of places.

The coast or going on highway if its the coast id say santa barbara and montereycarmel.
The coast id say santa barbara and montereycarmel.

I'd suggest stopping in Santa Barbara …

… then San Luis Obispo …

… and plan to spend several days on the Monterey Bay exploring Monterey, Carmel, Capitola, and Santa Cruz.

The name at the name at the name at the coast dont miss morro bay and there along it only takes hours and there but cant remember the moment.

For farmers market outdoor bbq and around paso robles wild horse in and live music great cambria in santa barbara is nice the whole route from santa maria is wine country so try stopping in templeton.
For farmers market outdoor bbq and live music great college town if you happen to venture there on thursday they shut down town vibe monterey area is wine country so try stopping.
For farmers market outdoor bbq and around paso robles wild horse in and live music great cambria in santa barbara to venture there on thursday they shut down six blocks of down town nice the whole route from santa maria.
The whole route from santa barbara is nice beaches san luis obispo is nice the whole route from santa maria is wine country so try stopping in santa.

Santa Barbara or Monterey…but it doesn't really take very long to get from LA to SF …you could do it in one day and just stay longer in SF if you wanted to