Hwy 1 north of the bay area vs. big sur?
I've seen a post or two saying that the north part was even better. Not having been to either, can you folks tell me more? I am daydreaming/planning for a future trip. So much to see! I could ...
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Been there, done that and it needs to be on your bucket list.
But
1) do it north to south starting at the Oregon border, that way it's easier to get into the turnouts and outlooks going southbound. they are all on the west side of the road, and often with a entrance going south, so acccess northbound isn't always easy.
Course the advantage of going south to north is that the DRIVER is on the ocean view side!!! Not that you can take your eyes off the road that much
2) It's one of the very very very few trips that I'd rather do in a car, preferably, my SL500 with the top down, and stay at nice hotels on the way down, rather than in a trailer.
We did the south to north route after visiting our daugther in san diego. Even driving my Sierra 2500 cc/sb, took lots of fun out of the trip. it's a windy, narrow road and the truck took lots of enjoyment out of it. And I'm used to such roads. Towing a trailer just would take the fun out of it, and really keep you from hitting most of the turnouts and views.
3) we did it in 3 days. 5 days would have been better from LA to Cresent City. We did it in March, not in the high traffic season, not much traffic, but it is slow.
However, once you do it, you WILL say it was worth it, believe me.
It's a motorcyclists dream. Our son rides this route to races in california, and we probably saw as many bikes as cars.
But
1) do it north to south starting at the Oregon border, that way it's easier to get into the turnouts and outlooks going southbound. they are all on the west side of the road, and often with a entrance going south, so acccess northbound isn't always easy.
Course the advantage of going south to north is that the DRIVER is on the ocean view side!!! Not that you can take your eyes off the road that much
2) It's one of the very very very few trips that I'd rather do in a car, preferably, my SL500 with the top down, and stay at nice hotels on the way down, rather than in a trailer.
We did the south to north route after visiting our daugther in san diego. Even driving my Sierra 2500 cc/sb, took lots of fun out of the trip. it's a windy, narrow road and the truck took lots of enjoyment out of it. And I'm used to such roads. Towing a trailer just would take the fun out of it, and really keep you from hitting most of the turnouts and views.
3) we did it in 3 days. 5 days would have been better from LA to Cresent City. We did it in March, not in the high traffic season, not much traffic, but it is slow.
However, once you do it, you WILL say it was worth it, believe me.
It's a motorcyclists dream. Our son rides this route to races in california, and we probably saw as many bikes as cars.
