I was born and raised in Northern California. If you need any travel tips I’d be happy to help, it is truly a beautiful area and unique from anywhere else I have travelled. San Francisco is well-known for good reason, Napa Valley is completely amazing particularly if you enjoy wine and great food. If you make it up a bit farther north you enter the historic redwood forests and can ride the Skunk Train from Willits to Fort Bragg for an afternoon.