highway 101 starts ... or ends... in lund bc canada
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see the fourth paragraph  ....
i live less then 25 k from this place ...
yours

On Dec 14, 2007 9:46 PM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:

> We drove down to Portland this morning and I got to wondering about
> Hwy 101.  Another nice trip to put on 'the list'.
>
> Near as I can tell Hwy 101 starts in Los Angeles California where Hwy
> 101 meets I-10 & I-5 and ends where it runs into I-5 at Olympia
> Washington. After spending some time with RandMcNally Tripmaker ...
> going from Olympia to Los Angeles via hwy 101 is a 1519 mile trip.
> It looks like Hwy 101 used to go all the way to Mexico but the part
> just south of LA lost the "101" number when it picked up the I-5
> name. It's 1661 miles if you follow the 'original 101' all the way to
> Mexico.
>
> It would be a nice drive from Olympia, up and around the Olympic
> peninsula and south down the Pacific ocean side. Through Washington,
> across the Columbia River to Astoria and down the Oregon coast. The
> coast, Redwoods and forests of northern California. Be some great
> camping in that 800 miles.
>
> The next 700 miles would be different  (from the first part) and I
> have no doubt that it is a worthwhile trip.  I've driven all of this
> (but not the south of LA part) one time or another but never as "one
> trip". It's been a LONG time since I did anything in the LA area so
> I'm not the one to comment on camping, tourist stuff, beaches or
> anything. Now if someone wants to talk about things to do in the LA
> area on a Westy trip down Hwy 101 I'd be more than glad to listen.
>
>
>
> Rob
> becida@comcast.net
>

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