California

[jfkbengals]

(09-23-2016, 10:11 PM)jason Wrote: If your planning a trip to California, you have to check out Yosemite, the Bay area in general, and the 1 on the Pacific coast.... Especially the Big Sur, Monterrey, and Santa Cruz area.

I also hear that the Ohio rock formation is amazing as well.

Jason nailed it.

The Mrs. is from a little town about halfway between the Bay and Yosemite, and so I've had the pleasure of doing everything he stated, and you won't be disappointed.

The Pacific Coast Highway is also stunning from the Bay northwards.  It ends and picks up highway 101 which passes through the Coastal Redwood groves then continues up the Oregon coast to the Columbia River Gorge.  If you get the opportunity to drive it, you'll probably agree that it is the most stunning coast line you will ever see.

The Napa area is also quite beautiful.  Lodi is also a great town if you like wine, as most Zinfandel grapes are grown there, and they have many great wineries in that area.  I'm not quite sure why CCR was so down on that town, because I always make it a point to hit it up when we head out to visit her family.

I've never made it further south than Big Sur on the coast or Fresno inland, but the next time we head out we are going to try to swing a trip to LA, but we are also leaning towards going to Tahoe, and that might win out since I'll get to see Mount Shasta again, which is an amazing view.  A plus there is that I can make the route back to home base (her dad's house) go through Yosemite, which hands down is the prettiest place I've ever been.