Great job guys! Well-documented, and you chose some terrific routes. I cooled-down a bit just thinking about PCH.
I'll be driving my brother's 08 4Runner from Whale's Vagina to DFW in 2 weeks(he's shipping out to Bahrain and his wife/kids are flying to the in-laws house in Plano), so I'm bracing for a similar - if far less-interesting - drive.