I don't know anything about the NW league and next to nothing about the CCL (have a friend who played in it a couple of years ago and had a blast), but keep in mind that the state of California is BIG. the league goes from Orange County to Napa which is probably 7 hours by car (assuming you're driving pretty fast) so probably 8 hours or more by bus. I know the NWL is pretty spread out, too, but at least it looks spread out on paper.