<p>On Wednesday morning (the day before Thanksgiving) I will be driving from San Francisco to UCLA to pick my daughter, and then go to UCSD to pick up my son and continue to go to Las Vegas for a mini vacation. I know the traffic from LA to SD is going to be very bad. Does anyone know about the traffic from UCSD to Las Vegas? Will I be better off staying in SD for Wednesday night and leave for Las Vegas early Thursday morning like 4 or 5 AM?</p>
<p>Thanks for your response.</p>
<p>Boy - that's a lot of driving. The traffic to Vegas around any holiday is usually bad. I'd expect it to be bad towards Vegas on Wednesday and back from Vegas on Sunday. </p>
<p>If you left way early on Thursday, I'd expect traffic would be fine (but don't hold me to it). If traffic's okay, you should be in Vegas in about 5 hours. If it were me, I'd stay the night around UCSD and head to Vegas on Thursday. You already have a long enough drive to UCLA, then a potentially awful drive from there to SD that should take < 2 hours but could take > 4 hours depending on timing and traffic.</p>
<p>i went home a few weeks ago to San Jose and it took 11 hours from UCSD. it took 6 hours to get past LA alone.. i would reccomend staying the night.</p>