Hwy 1 Length Limits
Looking back and posting pictures in the Hwy 1 thread that is ongoing has sparked a question. I last drove highway one in a 37 foot gas motorhome pulling a toad. I will be heading back from Alaska ...
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kalynzoo wrote:
Don't do it! Heading South you will be on the ocean cliff side of the highway. There are many turns without shoulders and shear drops into the rocks and ocean. Driving that road North a few years ago in a 38ft with toad I realized that I could not see any of the beautiful scenery as I was locked on the hairpin turns. No way you could ever get close to 55mph, 35 or 40 at MAX and probably a lot less. I suggest you take the 101 to Paso Robles, then basecamp in Paso, the Vinyard Resort is lovely, or basecamp at Morro Bay, then take the car for a day trip back up North to Big Sur or even Carmel. You can drive back down on the 101 and make it a one day trip, or you can spend the night at one of the many hotels/motels/B&B's.
Again driving South between Big Sur and Morro Bay on highway 1 should be avoided at all cost. In a MH, even more so.
"Many turns without shoulders and shear drops into the rocks and ocean?" Is that quite an exaggeration? I don't recall any turns that had no shoulder and a shear drop that didn't also have a guardrail.
For anybody stumbling across these threads that wants to drive highway 1, go to Google earth or Google maps and zoom in on the satellite view of Highway 1. You can check out the entire length of the road and see all the turnouts and the giant sweeping curves. You can go down to the ground view and follow it the entire length if you want to see every single curve on the road.
