Route from Visalia, CA to Loomis, CA

I'm also confused why you'd want to avoid 99 that bad, unless you really are looking for a scenic trip. To avoid 99, I'd personally take Hwy 63 out of Visalia, then cut across west on 180, then north on Academy, then west on Shepherd... then just work your way over to 41 to get onto Ave 12 as previously suggested. It's still picturesque until you get into Clovis but like someone else said, that's quite a bit of backtracking just to avoid some Hwy 99 traffic for about 5 miles. Hwy 41 in Fresno can really stink too depending on time of day, but not enough to go that far out of the way.

-side note, I know it says I live in CO but I'm from Visalia and lived in Fresno for years.