Pacific Coast Highway

[xeney]

Well, it's curvy, but it's a highway, not a crazy back road. I hate driving on super winding mountain roads, and I get carsick, but we've done that route lots of times and I don't have trouble with it. It's a very beautiful drive.

[Tuckervill]

Thanks, Xeney, that is useful information!

I looked at someone's bike travelogue online and their pictures show it as a highway. We have those kinds of highways here in the Ozarks (just not the same elevations!) so I know how to drive them.

Karen

[bmccasland]

Tucker,
I used to live in the Redding area, and the road over the mountain, through Susanville is pretty. CA 44 > CA 36, and then US 395 past Honey Lake will take you to Reno. Would drive the route a few times a year for my job. It's a pretty drive through forests, some views of Mt. Lassen, high alpine meadows, and not too twisty windy. There's a good coffee shop (espresso) in Susanville. Across the street from the HS as I recall. From there, probably take US 95 to Lost Wages (LasVegas), then state highway to Kingman, AZ. Interstate 40 will then take you east to Arkansas. But stop in Flagstaff, AZ, get off the road and go to Macy's Bakery. Great funky bakery (not white bread and donuts) and coffee shop - it's on Beaver Street. I used to live in Flag. Miss Macy's... Or across the street is the Beaver Street Brew Pub - good restaurant and microbrews.

Happy traveling!

[mimitabby]

yeah, when we drove it no one got carsick, but we really really really got tired of all the curves.

[KnottedYet]

I've heard a couple folks talking about how they biked it, and loved it.

Someday....