on or about 3/15/02 9:25 AM, Ben McCafferty at ben@kbmc.net wrote:

>> 1. My favorite stretch of highway --- mine is Beartooth Pass,
>
>
> Not really highway, but I'd have to vote for Tioga Pass Road, on the north
> side of Yosemite Valley.  In the spring or early summer.  Stunning.

While I totally agree with the above, I was quite taken with the Cabot Trail
in Nova Scotia. Or, the road across Vancouver island toward Ucluelet and
Tofino.

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>> 1.a) My favorite road trip ----- Telluride,Durango,Silverton,Ouray-God's
>> country
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>
> Locally I'd have to say Highway 1 north across the GG bridge, to Mendocino.
> Camping just south of town, cool inlet for surfing, swimming, kayaking, etc.

Again, agree with both... I'd like to add the Icefields Parkway heading
toward Jasper.
>
>> 2. My favorite campground ---- don't have one- they all rock
>
> Just south of Ft. Ross, CA.  Don't know the name, but there's a beach that
> has 2-6" polished rocks instead of sand.  Makes an amazing sound every time
> a wave comes in.  Clatter clatter clatter.

My vote is Gold Bluffs State Park off Davison Road near Orick Ca.

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>> 3.  My favorite restaurant ---- ours is  Howard's Pub,Ocracoake Island,
>> after a day on the beach the beer tastes great and the kids love their pizza
>
> Beau Jo's Pizza, Idaho Springs, CO.  None better.

Love Howard's... got lots of plastic cups from there. I think my favorite is
a bar/restaurant I can't remember the name of in Eastsound on Orcas Island.

-jspeer

'89 Westy, yet-to-be-named