My years of traveling the same areas and that was the choice for us and while it has more traffic than most other diversions and there are some hills, it's not bad enough not to use. It allows as much time on the flatter I-5 before heading west to San Jose.
There will be some hills on Hwy 101 after you merge onto that, but it beats using I-580 to the north then coming south. It also beats the 198 at Coalinga and the 46/41 at Lost Hills. I have done them all with a rig. Hwy 101 is very hilly where I-5 is much flatter so when towing I prefer flatter routes.
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