[TR] great drives

[Joe Curry]

Speaking of twisty CA roads, the stretch of US 95 between Needles and Blythe
is pretty exciting.  It also has few trees to block the view of what is on
the other side of the curve.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jim Muller
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 6:31 PM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] great drives

On 5 Feb 2009 at 11:44, Randall wrote:

> > I notice you are following the freeway down the west coast.  I think the
> > locals will back me up when I suggest you should be on the Pacific Coast
> > Highway whenever possible.
> 
> Emphatically!  But don't forget, it adds substantially to the time
required.

My recollection from having been on it once and driven part of it is 
that California state route 49 between Mariposa and Coulterville is 
the crookedest road in the country.  Even after they straightened it, 
so we were told.  Not for the faint of heart.  Of course, we did it 
in a borrowed Ford LTD wagon loaded with music gear and four people.

Speaking of adding time, don't forget that when you go from the west 
coast to the east it takes three hours longer than you might 
calculate.  I guess it must be the prevailing winds or something 
because it takes so much less time going the other way.





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Jim Muller
jimmuller at rcn.com
'80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+
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