Traveling in CA

Me and a friend have been planning on travelling in CA beginning in February. I am looking for a PICU position and she is looking for an oncology position. We have been told the whole time that there would no problem finding us positions together. Now that it is time for us to get going, there's problem after problem finding us positions together. This is our first travel assignment, and every time we get ourselves excited for a position or an area, we are let down for some reason or another. We have been pretty flexible on the location in CA, except for that we didn't want to go North. Now, it looks like we may have to settle for Northern CA in order to get positions in the same area, and it is very frustrating. Anyone have any suggestions for us????