Nuthin' against puppies and baby pandas. "Overrated" hardly qualifies as
"bad,"
IMO.
re:
"at least you are a native"
Fourth generation, to be exact.
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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----- Original Message -----
From: davidwjones
To: Bob Spidell ; healeys@autox.team.net
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: Great Roads - California's Pacific Coast Highway
Cripes, ...and starting this thread, I thought that it would be
non-controversial... Got anything bad to say about the Pope? Puppies? Baby
Pandas? :-)
I do think previous threads did point out the gawker drawback, But having
been a few places, I'd put the scenery in the top 7 or eight... I would grant
you however, that if you really want to flog the car down the road, there are
a lot better places.
Well, at least you are a native.... so maybe the Nomex suit will be
enough....
David W. Jones
'62 Mk II BT7 tricarb
Cumberland, RI USA
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Spidell
To: Healey List
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: Great Roads - California's Pacific Coast Highway
This is blasphemy, but except for a couple of stretches (Marin to Bodega
Bay,
around Big Sur) I think the PCH is overrated. Half the view is (flat)
water,
and you're almost always stuck behind some terrified and/or rubbernecking
tourist. There are a few inland roads off the PCH that are nice,
however.
Once we were travelling through there, and one of the small towns on the
route (forget the name) asked us to be in their parade. Couple people
came
up and told us they were voting for us for "Best in Show." That was fun.
The Columbia River Gorge, OTOH, has some varied and interesting
scenery.
bs (donning Nomex suit ;)
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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