Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >