California or Bust

[nobby]

I am in the preliminary stages of planning a trip next summer that will take me from Toronto to Vancouver to California to Vegas and back to Toronto. All in my 1983 280 SL. I will be going solo but my wife wants to fly to San Francisco and meet me for a few days.
I will meet up with anyone along the way who wants to join in for whole or part of the trip. I will camp, motel and hopefully the odd couch. Let me know. I am posting on other sites as well.

Chris

[nobby]

Negotiations ended early this morning and the outcome has been committed to paper and filed with the proper authorities.
3 weeks it is.
I will be leaving on my adventure June 24 and returning July 21.
I figure I will be in Vancouver June 29 and San Fran July 4, LA maybe July 7.
I also want to jaunt over to Vegas . I don't care how I thread my way home to Toronto after that.

[jjrodger]

6,600 miles according to Google Maps... fantastic.

The return journey from Las Vegas to Toronto offers a wealth of possibilities. I see the direct route is through Colorado and Iowa, but St Louis has always appealed to me, or a route up the east coast through the great cities.

[Dee8go]

When you stop in San Francisco, you should hook up with CMAC2012 and JimB. I did when I was there a few weeks ago. They are two great guys and made my visit to their city memorable. I was only disappointed that I couldn't hang out with them longer.

Your trip sounds like a blast. I hope you have a great time. Put some pictures up here along the way like JJ did on his trip to Italy.

[jdhill]

Let me see if I have this correct. You plan to drive, wiilingly, into the S.F. Bay Area on 4th of July weekend. Here's a better plan. Stay home, have your wife beat you with a rubber chicken while stabbing yourself in the eye repeatedly with an icepick. You'll have a more enjoyable time. If that doesn't dissuade you, you are a true 107 driver. Also, see our earlier answer to your post on oursl.com about staying in the Valley and First Sunday Drives (July 6)

[smallblock450sl]

Originally Posted by jdhill

Let me see if I have this correct. You plan to drive, wiilingly, into the S.F. Bay Area on 4th of July weekend. Here's a better plan. Stay home, have your wife beat you with a rubber chicken while stabbing yourself in the eye repeatedly with an icepick. You'll have a more enjoyable time. If that doesn't dissuade you, you are a true 107 driver. Also, see our earlier answer to your post on oursl.com about staying in the Valley and First Sunday Drives (July 6)

jd......Thanks for your reply......Rubber Chicken ?...Ice Pick ? Did you just "bump" your head on your hood grill ? Dave

[450slcguy]

Originally Posted by nobby

3 weeks it is.
I will be leaving on my adventure June 24 and returning July 21.

Correct me if wrong, but isn't that 4 weeks?

[jjrodger]

I was just thinking about your proposed journey...


Obviously you'll drive down Route 101 along the Pacific coast, right? Big Sur and all that? I once visited Monterey and Carmel and they were nice spots; and further in land Yosemite was one of the most beatiful places I've ever been. The back road cross-country routes that we took around that area were amazing, albeit slow. We cut cross-country from Yosemite to Monterey and it reminded me a lot of my native Northumberland, only bigger...

[Dee8go]

I love Yosemite and driving down Hwy 1 on the coast of CA is really beautiful. I've down it several times and highly recommend it.

[nobby]

Originally Posted by jdhill

Let me see if I have this correct. You plan to drive, wiilingly, into the S.F. Bay Area on 4th of July weekend.

Does it really matter where I drive in the USA July 4?

Thank you all for the suggestions. You have an idea of my dates so pencil me in.
I will plan the exact route as I get closer to departure.