Your being there is the whole point, and getting to the mid-north coast is not cheap. So please treat this list as entirely optional.
We'd rather a few things we'll use for twenty years than a cupboard of things we won't. Everything below is something we've actually chosen and will actually use — most of it daily. Go in on one alone, or split it with someone. Most of these are easier shared.
Everything is by bank transfer. Details appear when you pick something.
Or send us into the Sierra Nevada
We're renting a van and driving into Yosemite. No itinerary beyond that. If none of the list appeals, this is the one to pick — and it's the gift we'll still be talking about in ten years.