SF to Santa Barbara
I am planning a trip in June to CA. Starting in San Diego, to LA, Saquoia, Yosemite, SF, Big Sur, Santa Barbara back to San Diego. I've got everything booked and am super excited!
We are renting a 26ft RV in San Diego. I am comfortable driving large vehicles. Although I haven't in a while, I've driven 20+ foot box trucks, and even a few commercial vehicles. I understand all the concepts: Side Mirrors, increased starting and stopping distances, wider turns, down shifting on hills, etc. All in all, I feel very good about driving it around.
A few friends have suggested, however, that traveling to big Sur from the North is (scary? Intimidating? Dangerous?). The logic I've heard is that going South, the "drop offs" are on the passenger side, whereas going North, they are on the driver's side with a lane in between. I've looked at several pictures of the route, and while it is the case that going south you are closer to the drop-offs, none of what I'm seeing tell me I should be concerned about driving off the road. Frankly, the one spot I can see myself cr@ping my pants as it were is crossing the Bixby Bridge (which is the same going either direction).
I should mention that none of the people who have said this have actually driven this route in an RV (and don't really have much experience driving larger vehicles), so I'm taking most of this with a grain of salt, but I thought I'd get some experienced drivers' opinions?
I'd rather not have to try and completely re plan my trip, unless there is really a reason to do so. If the North to South route is really that much worse than South to North, I may consider it, but if it isn't, I'd rather not go through the hassle.
I'd welcome any thoughts specifically about the question of which way to go. If you could let me know if your thoughts are based upon personal experience, or based upon speculation, I'd really appreciate it.
We are renting a 26ft RV in San Diego. I am comfortable driving large vehicles. Although I haven't in a while, I've driven 20+ foot box trucks, and even a few commercial vehicles. I understand all the concepts: Side Mirrors, increased starting and stopping distances, wider turns, down shifting on hills, etc. All in all, I feel very good about driving it around.
A few friends have suggested, however, that traveling to big Sur from the North is (scary? Intimidating? Dangerous?). The logic I've heard is that going South, the "drop offs" are on the passenger side, whereas going North, they are on the driver's side with a lane in between. I've looked at several pictures of the route, and while it is the case that going south you are closer to the drop-offs, none of what I'm seeing tell me I should be concerned about driving off the road. Frankly, the one spot I can see myself cr@ping my pants as it were is crossing the Bixby Bridge (which is the same going either direction).
I should mention that none of the people who have said this have actually driven this route in an RV (and don't really have much experience driving larger vehicles), so I'm taking most of this with a grain of salt, but I thought I'd get some experienced drivers' opinions?
I'd rather not have to try and completely re plan my trip, unless there is really a reason to do so. If the North to South route is really that much worse than South to North, I may consider it, but if it isn't, I'd rather not go through the hassle.
I'd welcome any thoughts specifically about the question of which way to go. If you could let me know if your thoughts are based upon personal experience, or based upon speculation, I'd really appreciate it.
