Family semi-road trip to California and Nevada

Another vacation complete. I plan for so long and then poof its done and then I am left with.... beautiful memories.
 Let me tell you a bit about our family. We live in a small town just outside of Green Bay Wisconsin. Me, my husband of 20 years, and our 3 daughters. 1 in college, and 2 in high school. 
 I am a small business owner of a travel agency called FantaSea Travel. I book mostly cruises and Caribbean vacations. My Husband is in the paint manufacturing business and travels a lot to many of his plants all over the US. My 3 daughters almost all grown up it seems are for most part good sisters and get along pretty well..

 So, the plan was to fly to San Francisco and then drive to Reno, and the to Yosemite and Sequoia National Forests.

 To begin let me start with our planning. My husband flies a lot for business and earned enough frequent flyer miles on Delta to score us 3 tickets!! I only had to pay for 2 more, as we have 5 in our Family. 
 The trick was trying to get 2 reservations to be the same and getting seat assignments together. I used two computers at the same time to score the same flights so I could compare the itinerary side by side.
 Being a travel agent I researched fares for hotels on all of my vendors and found one where I do not have to put money down at all. This was to my advantage because a month later the prices all dropped and I cancelled them all and rebooked them saving me over $600!!! I keep a close eye on prices, as a penny saved is a penny earned. I keep that philosophy with my travel clients as well. If I save them money and give great service I hope they will be loyal back to me and book with me again. It does seem to work as I have several clients that only book with me. 
Anyway..
 Planning hotels in many locations and what we want to see and how much time we need for each place is a bit stressful. The entire area has so much to see and we could in reality spend a few more days to see things we did miss and are on the bucket list.
 Our bucket list is not written on paper but in my head. Some day I will write it down. 
 So months and months of planning all came down to 6-4-16 at 0830 am when we were all seated on the Delta Flight from Green Bay to Detroit, then to San Francisco..

As I write this a huge storm is brewing!! and I hear major thunder. 
 check back in real soon for he continuation of my Family travels!!!