We rose early in our hotel near Ocean Beach, and jumped in the car for the day's driving ahead. It took us a couple of hours to get back up to LA, where we met Adam R. outside the apartmant he and Karlyn had been staying in over the last week or so. The drive up Highway can take the best part of eight to ten hours depending on traffic, so we made the decision to do the journey in two parts, finding somewhere to stay on route up the coastline.
We hit the traffic almost immediatly as we left Santa Monica, and feared that it would ruin the drive up, but thankfully it cleared after a few miles through Malibu, and the roads started to open up a little, all the while giving us a handsome view of the incredibly blue Pacific Ocean to our left. The only problem came when we had the roof down, and Adam had to deal with the rather windy nature of the back seat in the Mustang.
It was around 5pm when we made it into the small town of Pismo Beach, which is roughly about halfway along Highway 1. We came across a rather nice beach, and felt it could be quite good here. It didn't turn out that way. Checking in to the last available motel room we could find, we set about finding a restaurant for some dinner, and was recommended 'Fins' just outside of town. 
Quite why we were recommended we don't know, because it wasn't very good - in particular the Fish Taco that Mr Rogers was served.We headed into town and went in Harry's Bar for some live music, pool and beers. Neither of these things raised our opinions of the town, and we headed back for a good night's sleep, before the rest of the epic journey up Highway 1 the next day.
As expected the views and vistas that the road offered us the next day were quite stunning. Not even the cloud and fog managed to dampen our opinions of the road, although the American drivers who have little experience of corners, let alone an ultra twisty road like the one we were on, did their level best to spoil things by creeping round bends at around 5mph. We stopped up where we could to enjoy the stunning features around us.
The only dissapointment was the closure of the Big Sur National Park, due the recent Californian wildfires that have ravaged much of Northern Cali in recent weeks. This was the most fun part of the drive, and despite this setback, the Bixby Bridge just north of the park raised our spirits again.
In short the highway is a beauty to behold, and I would recommend anyone staying in California to experience this wonderful drive. Of course there is one thing that is mandatory for the journey - a convertible, although warn anyone sitting in the back just how windy it can be!
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4 comments:
Dudes, "wish i was there" doesn't even cover it.
Sure you will enjoy San Francisco. Alcatraz is very interesting. Can't believe you've been away for a month!! Look forward to seeing you on Saturday, safe journey home. Love Jill
hi, my name is adam. I was sitting in the back of your car as you drove up highway 1. I was the backseat passenger who can vouch for the calm conditions in the back of the mustang. hmmm. one small thing - I couldn't help but notice a miss-spelling of my name towards the beginning of your most recent weblog entry. Please may you change "Adam Roger's" to it's correct form, "Adam Rogers"?
Who has an apostrophe in their name I ask!?
much love, adam roger's. (doesn't it look silly?)
You eagle-eyed man you Mr Roger(')s
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