Better still ............... skip the USA altogether. Keep on going up the I
5 north out of Seattle until it runs out at the BC border, make nice to the
Canada Customs ladies and tootle on into Canada.
:-))))))))))))))))))))
jh
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 6:06 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Extensive Mt. St. Helens pictures from the Boston Globe
> On 5/18/2010 11:47 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>> Actually all that got me doing was looking at the map and thinking it
>> might be very nice one day to drive all the way up 101 from SanFran to
>> Seattle. That looks like an amazing coastline.
>>
>
> Oh it is, it is. And a looong drive, as the coastal roads are windy and
> slow in many areas.
>
> If you really want to see all the best, you should start at Morro Bay
> and follow Highway 1 up to SF., then continue on 1 up to Ft. Bragg. 101
> is inland all that way. If you listen to Chuck, skip the part of 1 from
> there to 101 and go east on 20 to catch 101 at Willits. 101 is still
> inland for a long stretch until Eureka, but that's mostly the Lost
> Coast, which is essentially roadless wilderness. From there, 101 pretty
> much follows the coast through Oregon, but is then mostly inland in
> Washington up to Olympic National Park.
>
> I'd probably go east to I5 at Astoria and follow it up to Tacoma, where
> the interesting inland water starts and goes on up into Canada.
>
> I've not done all that, just the California parts and around Seattle. I
> don't think I would enjoy doing it all at once. It's an awful lot of
> territory with lots to see and I wouldn't want to rush by it all. I've
> spent many days over many years visiting various parts of the stretch
> from Morro Bay to Ft. Bragg and still find new things to see. Many parts
> of that part of coast are just jaw droppingly beautiful.
>
> Moose
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