[Healeys] your trip to Conclave - Down 395?

[i erbs]

I'm with you. I have driven 395 many many times and Always wanted to do it
in my
HEALEY. Bucket list item soon to be checked off
Ira Erbs
1959 AH 100-6
1967 MGB
Milwaukie, OR

On Fri, May 7, 2021, 7:36 PM Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

> Why the hate for 395? Sure, some parts--mostly the southern end (avoid
> Kramer Junction if you can)--are hot and boring, but parts are some of my
> favorite pieces of road. You have Mono Lake--well, what's left of it--and
> you can stop and check out the tufas. There is a Chevron station at the
> corner of 120 (Yosemite) and 395 that has a deli with great chow (it used
> to have a trapeze, never figured that out). Just south you can take a break
> from the 4-lane and take the June Lake Loop for some cool air and scenery.
> The little towns along the way are getting touristy--I think Bishop has a
> new microbrewery--and Independence, Lone Pine and Big Pine are, well,
> 'quaint' ('Tremors' was filmed near Lone Pine). Mt. Whitney is the tallest
> in the contiguous US, and almost always has some snow, but I can never
> figure out which of the three large peaks is Whitney. It's always
> fascinating to me to drive along the base of a mountain range that rises
> almost straight up from the flat Owens Valley, less than a mile from the
> highway.
>
> Some of the E-W 'crossover' roads are great for Healeys; Hwy 155 from 99
> to 395 into Wofford Heights/Lake Isabella--there's a microbrewery in
> Kernville--is a great Healey road, one of few that have caused me brake
> fade on the twisty downhill side (Delano is pretty rough, just keep moving
> ;). Hwy 58 out of Bakersfield (avoid) through Tehachapi has a great road
> over the mountains (I have some footage, but it's 128MB). East of Lake
> Isabella on Hwy 178 is Walker pass, a fun and scenic ride (then you hit the
> bad part of 395). I've passed the internment camp monument/museum a few
> times, but never stopped. I plan to someday; we shouldn't forget what we
> did to loyal Americans who happened to look a little different and have
> some aggressive relatives--we're doing it again, it seems--and if you don't
> know the story of the 442nd Infantry Regiment you should acquaint yourself:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442nd_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)
>
> I could go on, but don't want to give away ALL my secret, favorite roads.
> Anybody gonna do the Angeles Crest?
>
> Bob
>
> On 5/7/2021 1:00 PM, ahbn6--- via Healeys wrote:
>
> *Having lived in Nevada for several years, I have driven route 395 several
> times to the Bay Area in an air conditioned car and would recommend not
> driving that route unless you are in the same. It is the most boring, hot
> and desolate highway in the country. God forbid anyone has a breakdown.
> Doesn’t take long for bones to bleach before another car passes by. Just
> think of hours before you see one.*
>
>
>
> *John Sims*
>
> *www.healey6.com <http://www.healey6.com/>*
>
> *Matawan, NJ*
>
>
>
> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net>
> <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Gary Anderson
> *Sent:* Friday, May 7, 2021 3:40 PM
> *To:* eyera3000 at gmail.com; healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* [Healeys] your trip to Conclave - Down 395?
>
>
>
> Ira, Based on the experience of a group of us who drove to the Ventura
> West Coast Meet in our Healeys many years ago, I would strongly suggest you
> rethink the idea of driving down 395. Yes, it's shorter in time, but it is
> absolutely the most desolate, boring and hot (let me emphasize that) HOT
> drive you can possible imagine. There's a reason that the U.S. government
> put the internment camps out in that area during World War II -- there's
> nothing within 100 miles of the camps. When we were driving, one of the
> drivers called out on his CB -- "Stop the next time you see any shade along
> the road" -- we drove for another hour before we saw a tree.
>
>
>
> Take a little more time and do the traditional route down Interstate 5,
> then cut over to 101 and follow that down to north of Los Angeles where you
> can cut over to BBL.
>
>
>
> Anyone else agree with me?
>
>
>
> Gary Anderson
>
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