From Seattle back I'd go to Victoria on Vancouver Island then drive down the the coast on US Hwy 101. Stop in wine country at Healdsburg, CA and then the back way into Napa Valley via CA Hwy 128 to Calistoga (Calistoga Hotel) and tour Napa Valley. Then take CA Hwy 12 East to Lodi, CA (more wineries). Continue East on Hwy 12 to CA Hwy 49 and tour the gold country towns of Angels Camp, Sonora and Mariposa. From Mariposa head East on Hwy 140 into Yosemite Valley and stay at Camp Curry (rustic) or Yosemite Village (motel) or for a real treat the Ahwahnee Hotel ( Ahwahnee Hotel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Leave Yosemite Valley going East on Hwy 120 and over Tiago Pass and into Nevada. Check out Mono Lake near the Hwy 120/US 395 junction. Take 395 North to Carson City and head back West on US 50 to Lake Tahoe. After a week at Lake Tahoe get back on US 50 going East thru Nevada (the Loneliest Road in America). Take US 50 to where it joins I-70 in Utah and do Moab and Arches Nat Park. Head on I-70 to Denver and points East.
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