<div dir="auto">Thanks<div dir="auto">I grew up in LA and have driven many of those roads and at least been through many of those towns, albeit over 15 years ago. Been on a few in my Healey, but never the whole way from Oregon. Something I have long wanted to do.Was going to spend the night in Mammoth with a old pal,but he will be in LA helping his mother in law move. When I first started driving to Mammoth, june lake area all that existed at manzinar was an obelisk that said Manzanar circa 1972.</div><div dir="auto">Cheers<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Ira Erbs<br>1959 AH 100-6<br>1967 MGB<br>Milwaukie, OR</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 7, 2021, 7:36 PM Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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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.<br>
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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:<br>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442nd_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442nd_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)</a><br>
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I could go on, but don't want to give away ALL my secret, favorite
roads. Anybody gonna do the Angeles Crest?<br>
<br>
Bob<br>
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<div>On 5/7/2021 1:00 PM, ahbn6--- via
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>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.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>John Sims<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span><a href="http://www.healey6.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.healey6.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Matawan, NJ<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Healeys
<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><healeys-bounces@autox.team.net></a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gary
Anderson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 7, 2021 3:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">eyera3000@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] your trip to Conclave - Down 395?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anyone else agree with me?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Gary Anderson<u></u><u></u></p>
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