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Subject: [Leica] OT: Pacific Coast Highway
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Thu Jun 29 03:43:42 2006
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Peter

If it was as beautiful as you say they'd have named it California. :-D

Walt

Peter Klein wrote:

> Greg:  I'm not sure why all these California Chauvanists refuse to 
> recognize anything between Big Sur and the Canadian border.  Allow me 
> to suggest that the Oregon coast is absolutely breathtaking, too.  
> Very green, very spectacular.  The southern part is more open, the 
> northern part has a lot of forested headlands.  There are stretches of 
> flat beach, sand dunes in the central part, and many crags and sea 
> stacks to catch your eye.   I spend 4 days camping up and down the 
> Oregon coast in June 1980 (driving through a bit of Mt. St. Helens' 
> ash along the way!), and I've never forgotten that trip.  It was 
> during my impoverished and cameraless twentysomething period, so no 
> pictures.
>
> I would stay on US 101 all the way to the Columbia River.  Then, if 
> you want to take in the Olympic Peninsula, continue north over the 
> bridge at Astoria, go around the peninsula.  Be sure to take in at 
> least the short nature trail in the Hoh rain forest, and Lake 
> Crescent.  Go up Hurricane Ridge (near Port Angeles) if you have 
> time.  The take the Kingston/Edmonds ferry to the north Seattle 
> suburbs, then head north on I-5.
>
> If you want to skip the Olympic Peninsula, take US. 30 from Astoria, 
> follow the south bank of the Columbia to Kelso/Longview, cross the 
> river there and take I-5 north to Seattle to Vancouver.  If you want 
> to visit Portland, you can cut inland on US 26 near Cannon Beach.
>
> While fog and rain is possible anywhere anytime on the Pacific coast, 
> Oregon does not have nearly the strong summer fog-sucking effect so 
> beloved by San Franciscans.  I've always had good luck in the summer, 
> with any fog burning off by 11:00 or noon.  And the north Oregon 
> headlands in patchy fog and sun are sights to be savored.
>
> Let me know when/if you're going to come through Seattle.  Is this a 
> trip for the whole family, or just Mom and Dad?
>
> --Peter
>
> GREG LORENZO wrote:
>
>> >We're thinking of driving up to Canada from Phoenix mid July along 
>> the US west coast. I've never travelled the Pacific Coast Highway 
>> (Highway 1?) and would appreciate it if someone on the List who has 
>> made this drive could provide me with some pointers and advice on 
>> where is the best place to get on it how far north it goes?
>> >
>> >I suspect that we will go west from Phoenix via Las Vegas and 
>> possibly San Francisco. We should have 5 days or so to clear the 
>> US/Canada Border.
>
>
>
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Replies: Reply from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] OT: Pacific Coast Highway)
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