hwy 1 from san fran to las angeles?

What can I say? It will be an exciting drive. I am from CA and you could not pay me enough to drive that stretch of road in a motorhome.

Don't do it. It was never built for RVs and there are far too many blind corners and switchbacks.

It might just be navigable in a 35 footer but you won't enjoy the experience.

I believe it has a length restriction of 40' in places so you just know that 35' is going to be tight.

If you want to drive it, rent a red corvette and enjoy it that way :)

http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/the-best-road-trip-in-america

Well, we did it one time in our 40' towing. I would not do it again going South. If I was going North I might consider it.

X2

Seems you will be traveling in the best direction, we have driven it both ways, but never in anything as long as your rig.

Here's some older posts: San Francisco to Los Angles Area and Half Moon Bay & San Francisco & BART which can be found in this old post: :C Clicky

We enjoyed the sights & sites along the 101. If you haven't gone to see "Hearst Castle". "Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument" is a must see. And San Simeon State Park is just south of the Monument.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey is really great. North of Monterey at Moss Landing is a great sea food place over by the docks, called Phil's Fish Market & Eatery.

Santa Barbara is a neat area to see. We used Carppinteria State Park as a base to see the area.

For viewing the Pacific Coast via the highway, Northbound is better (do not have to cross traffic to pull off at sites, or recross getting back on). But we have done it both ways, northbound & southbound.

I have only done South to north in a 33 ft with out towing with not much trouble but would not go longer. I also think the passenger side (cliff side) may be tough on your passenger headingSouth. I suggest camping in Monterey and doing the coast down to Big Sur in your dingy,enjoy the drive on a day trip and head back. When you travel on 101 south at San Loius Obispo head North on 1 to San Simeon and Hearst Castle then back down 1. Good travels to you.

We've made the trip 3 times towing. The first time was in a 33' Winnebago towing an 07 CR-V. The next two times we were in our current 35.5' Mountain Aire towing the same CR-V. In each trip the only problem we had was when our 110 lb dog smelled the ocean Pismo Beach. He jumped up on the dash and scared the #### out of me. If you take your time and pull over ocassaionally to enjoy the views you'll have a gooc trip. Check out Carmel, Fernwood RV Resort in Big Sur, Hearst Castle in Cambria, Morro Bay, Pismo Beach and Santa Barbara, theres so much to see on the coast drive that you won't be disappointed. If you decide on 101, I would recommend 1 south from San Francisco to Monterey, a short drive to Carmel (take the 17 mile drive). From Monterey take 68 over to Salinas and head south on 101. Make sure you spend a day or two in Paso Robles wine tasting. From there it south to San Louis Obispo and then onto Pismo Beach.

No matter what you decide you should have a good time.

This topic comes up a lot on here and you usually get polar opposite replies. I've done the route quite a few times and have no problem with it and I'd do it again any day in my 35' MH with my Dodge Dakota toad. So I guess it's all up to how comfortable you are driving your motorhome. If you're afraid of heights don't do it.

Personally when I do Highway 1 I always like going Southbound on it. The reason being most of your pull outs are going to be on the ocean side and you won't have to be walking across the road to get better views. There are plenty of pull outs along the road.

I probably would not do Highway 1 on a summer weekend, only because there is a lot of traffic on the weekends. It lightens up when you get past Big Sur.

Please consider staying at an RV park on Hwy 101 or the whereabouts and siteseeing Hwy 1 with your towed vehicle. You'll enjoy it much more! As the driver, you will not be looking at the scenery. Your white-knuckled hands will be gripping the steeering wheel and your white-knuckled passenger will be gripping anythng she can reach, including you! We love mountain driving but this is tight curve after tight curve.

death grip
i drove it Once pulling a pup behind a PU
no way would i drive it with a MH towing a car