One of my favorite drives is 395 from Reno down to Mammoth Lakes or just Lee Vining. I’ve done it many times. Once you get south of Gardnerville you’re pretty much in the styx. Side trip on US 50 to Virginia City and also to Bodie, of course. If you haven’t seen Bodie you’ve missed something. That is one of the coolest places I’ve ever visited.
I’ve spent a fair amount of time in (really) Northern CA in and around Reading and Shasta, going over to Lassen to the east and as far west as Weaverville. Had a bunch of microwave sites I did work at in those areas for Sprint. Always wanted to get to the coast and see Crescent City and Arcata, but was never able to make it. > On Jun 18, 2016, at 6:47 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Dan wrote: >> How long did it take to get to Newport via 101? That’s a heck of a drive. >> >> Sort of like the time I was in LA and thought it would be cool to drive the >> 101 all the way to SFO. > > I didn't care about time. We visited nephew/cousin in Palo Alto and > stayed overnight then drove through SFO somehow. FtBragg at 7pm and > then 101 heads east somehow up there. Very dark and we pulled off the > side of the road in the tall forest to sleep, large trucks passing. I > think we were in Newport about mid afternoon. It was a fun trip. I > enjoyed the slow speed many curves back inland to cross the drainages. > I would do it again and stop more often to see memorable scenery. We > were through Yellowstone the first open Saturday of the season, saw > snow and dirt roads on US20 in OR. Learned about forest fire damage > and idiocy of housing development in the forest - not unlike > floodplain developmen - also stupid. Had to detour down US395 back to > CA and enjoyed eastern OR - nice, desolate. Very few rest areas but > we found one somewhere south of Riley and were the only vehicle there > overnight, no facilities, slept in car. US395 = nice! > mao > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
