I like the Silverado Trail complete with rest stops. Impossible to find a bad wine.
On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
