My wife and I are thinking about going to California for our yearly trip. Turns out that since she's going to a conference in San Diego the first two weeks of April, I might go right after it is over, rent a car and drive around CA for a week.

I am thinking of visiting Yosemite, Kings Canyon, Sequoia, Yoshua Tree. This is just a list of things that interest us. We've never been there before , but I assume that in the upper elevations there's still a lot of snow and roads might not open till May. That said, we'd still like to try to get as close as possible, do a bit of hiking (the cold/snow doesn't bother us) and of course try to get some photos.

I'd love some pointers on these places and others that might be recommended.