Hello! My boyfriend and I will be travelling to California in early May for out first ever road trip. We'll be landing in Los Angeles, then make the drive north to Sacramento to visit family, and will head back to LA for our flight home.

I've already planned for the drive to Sacramento to be along Highway 1, however am having trouble charting the trip back down to LA. Initially I thought to just take the I5 which I read was the fastest route, however there doesn't seem to be much to see or do along the drive :/ Also considered taking the 99 and stopping in Visalia, and maybe spend a day in Sequoia. Plan C was to drive to Tahoe and take Highway 395, but that would significantly prolong the drive. I was hoping to take 2-3 days to drive from Sacramento to LA, and was kind of concerned that taking the 395 would be a bit rushed. So am turning to reddit to seek some advice for this :")

Would also like to ask if these drives are relatively "easy"? We've only ever driven in urban environments coming from tiny Singapore, so was a bit worried that the routes that go through the mountains would be challenging for us. We'll be renting a toyota corolla.

Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated!