Interesting fact about Jersey.. 1 hour you can be in the mountains.. 1 hour you can be at the ocean.. 1 hour on the train you can be in Manhattan.. 1 hour you can be in Phila..
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yeah.. but any more that can be said a lot of places.. including Akron, Cleveland, Youngstown, Dayton and Columbusyou forgot one…
1 hour you can be dead!
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DubCoffman62
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That's true. I do remember it taking like an hour and a half to get from Victorville to Santa Monica.
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DaiMonMoore
Heisman
Since I don't ski:
Mountains in summer.
Beaches in late fall through early spring.
Hate beaches in the US mainland. Best experience I have had was visiting beaches in Vieques, island in Puerto Rico. It was April so not very crowded and there are several beaches on a rough dirt road (but easy to get to with SUV) that were pretty empty.
There were literally 5 people on the beach other than my family.
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Mountains in summer.
Beaches in late fall through early spring.
Hate beaches in the US mainland. Best experience I have had was visiting beaches in Vieques, island in Puerto Rico. It was April so not very crowded and there are several beaches on a rough dirt road (but easy to get to with SUV) that were pretty empty.
There were literally 5 people on the beach other than my family.
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calibuck
Too soon old, too late smart
Guess am spoiled. Live 90 minutes from the Pacific, and six hours from Lake Tahoe. Have had 32 consecutive golf tournaments at Tahoe, in the piney woods, at high elevations, great smelling pine trees. Always a treat. Go to town called Cambria couple of times a year, sit on porch drink coffee or wine and watch the ocean crash on the beach (also a board walk where wife and I take leisurely walks). Both are terrific. go to Hawaii every other year, and snorkel at least three times. Vacation in Cancun, Cabo, and St. Maartens, and spend time on the beach. Guess it depends on one's mood, and what one is up for. It's all good.
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BuckBackHome
Wolverine is largest member of weasel family
As long as it is quiet.
I was at Hatteras last summer and must have been at the right spot because there were only a handful of people with me in that section of the beach in late June.
Then hiking in Crested Butte in the fall. I wouldn’t say the trails were crowded, but there was almost always someone else you could see.
I was at Hatteras last summer and must have been at the right spot because there were only a handful of people with me in that section of the beach in late June.
Then hiking in Crested Butte in the fall. I wouldn’t say the trails were crowded, but there was almost always someone else you could see.
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calibuck
Too soon old, too late smart
Dubs, have taken three of the four (?) tours there. Try to envision all the movie stars that sailed up the coast to partake in Willie Randolph's parties. Pool is to die for, and the jar of French's mustard on the tremendous dining table is a hoot. (am more a Grey Poupon guy myself). Actually, when we get to Cambria, we head up to that area for a wine tasting and lunch. Sit out on a cliff overlooking the ocean, sip some wine and munch sandwich, and the stress and cares wash away with the waves. Tasting room is situated a tad north of the pier, where the boats tied up, etc. Probably a bit more than you bargained for, but yeah, we know the place. PS, rooms in the area are more cost effective than down in Cambria, and it's a great seaside drive up to Big Sur and Monterey/Carmel if you're on a road trip (except for the floods that wash out the roads - which are now closed currently).
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i like the mountains, wife likes the beach, so we've learned to compromise and our last 5 trips have been beach places
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DubCoffman62
Lazy Slob
The first time I traveled through Big Sur my father was bringing us back home from a summer in Oregon. He decided to take the scenic route down the California coast. About midnight we hit Carmel and he decided to pull into a rest stop to get some shut eye (too cheap for a motel). The only food he bought was a loaf of bread and a jar of peanut butter. Imagine trying to make a peanut butter in a car). We pull into the rest area and it's full of pimps, prostitutes and Johns. There was a beach behind the bathroom area and my sister was whining that she wanted to go down to the water which was a big nope. he ultimately decided it was too dangerous there and we hit the road again. We ended up driving all the way to Morro Bay before we stopped to rest again, he slept while we played on the beach. The drive down was nerve racking though because it's a rather curvy road with sheer cliffs on one side. I did enjoy the scenery was was a nervous wreck knowing my dad hadn't slept and he was weaving a bit. When I was in the service stationed in Victorville I took a lovely airwomen that I had met on a weekend trip. We started in Victorville on a Thursday morning (we both took 2 days leave) and drove to Vandenburg AFB and spent the night there. Beautiful drive. She happened to be from Ohio and never knew that California looked like that. The next morning we hit Pismo beach and then worked our way up north on the Cabrillo Hwy. I wish we would have done Hearst Castle but we kind of felt pressed for time. We made it up to Monterey and spent the next night. We messed around then decided to head back. Headed east and hit the 99, passed through your neck of the woods and headed east again at Bakerfield and pass through Tehachapi. It really is mind boggling how beautiful California is and that was just a small part. So many different regions with so many different landscapes. Even the 101 from San Jose to Paso Robles is amazing in a weird way. Those bald hill that look like giant haystacks.
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calibuck
Too soon old, too late smart
Have done the drive you mention (though not from V-ville), several times with my lovely wife. Actually drove to Cambria for a combo wife b-day and Mom's day (got a twofer on that one), and did the up and back down Highway 1. Morro is beautiful, have camped there several times, and has some very good restaurants, and yeah, to an Ohioan, looks wonderful (and it is). Ps, in the winter, the hills are a verdant green. In the summer (with less water), they are called 'the golden hills of California'. That's while Ohio hills are lush and green. PS, you covered a heckuva lot of territory from VVille to Monterey and back in a weekend. Daughter did some swimming and water polo in Pismo, so have spent many a weekend there. Plenty to do, and usually run into a half dozen or so people from our town there. Too busy for me. PS, when we drive to Colorado, always go through the Tehachapi's out to Hwy 15 through Vegas to I-70 into Grand Junction. From where we are, the mountain passes through the Sierra Nevadas are still covered in snow through June-ish, so gotta go south, or north on the I-80. Sounds like some great memories!
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