Agree with that! Actually, it's been 22 years since I was there. But
just take highway1 all the way from  San Luis Obispo to Monterrey and
you couldn't go too wrong. Some places there by San Simeon fuel might be
<$3.00/ gallon, make sure you fuel up in a big town. Lots of beautiful
arch bridges, blue sky, blue ocean make for many photo ops for your
family Christmas cards!
Al Brase

Bob Stevens wrote:

>WISHIWERETHERE! :)
>
>my vote on a do-not-miss is Hearst Castle if you haven't been there. What a
>nice journey back into the late 19th, early 20th centuries. Beautiful area
>as well, and I'm sure there are camping places of all kinds, but haven't
>done that there.
>
>Hava safe and happy trip neighbor.
>bob
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Phil Walker" <phil.walker@BROOKS.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 9:27 AM
>Subject: California Dreamin - Trip up/down coast, need advice
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>>For the Thanksgiving holiday week we are thinking about driving up the
>>coast
>>of Cali (from south to San Fran). Our trip would be Salt Lake to Ventura,
>>up
>>the coast to San Fran and over through Reno back to Salt Lake. We've been
>>to
>>San Fran and to Southern Cal, but never in between. We're brining our
>>young
>>son along (1.25 years) so we're going to be flxible about how long we
>>drive
>>and where we stop. I'm looking for some suggestions on:
>>
>>- Things to NOT MISS on the coast.
>>
>>- Good places to camp (or any place to camp!) -- We've stayed at some of
>>the
>>various beaches south of San Fran, so I'm assuming there are campgrounds
>>like this all along the coast
>>
>>- Good places to EAT! Any hole-in-the-wall resturants would be great. It
>>would also be neat to find a cool place for turkey day.
>>
>>- Busses to meet! If anyone is doing the same thing, we'd at least like to
>>know where we can wave at you.
>>
>>- Anything else I may have forgotten.
>>
>>The end of the trip is open-ended, so we don't need to be on too-tight of
>>a
>>schedule (7-9 days I think). We're looking forward to a happy turkey day!
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>-Phil (Suzanne, Sage and Star - yorkie)
>>
>>SLC, UT - 89 Westy --> Blue with yellow v'gon.com stickers
>>
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