[TR] great drives

[Doug Mathews]

How about the Mormon Immigrant Trail east of Sacramento.....

Doug

Joe Curry wrote:
> 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-----
> From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
> [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.