Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Suggestions for cross-country trip

[ken rentiers (rentiers]

Tom:

Thanks -

here are some potential side trips to get off the Interstate and  
still do it all in 6 days:

1. Hot Springs AR, then double back to I-40 and onwards through Ft.  
Smith.
2. The aforementioned Santa Fe detour, there is a back road through  
Chimayo to Taos, NM ....
3.  West of Flagstaff take old Route 66 across the mountains to  
Oatman where Clark Gable bedded Carol Lombard after running out there  
in his Duesenberg. You come out at Needles. Done it in a Ferrari at  
sunrise going east, I still remember.
4. The road from Buttonwillow on I-5 west of Bakersfield over to the  
coast is one of the best driving roads in the country imho. Then you  
must console yourself with joining the throngs up Highway 1 past the  
Hearst place (Xanadu in Citizen Kane), and Big Sur where I have spent  
many fine mornings hiking before getting blitzed on the terrace on  
cool brilliantly sunny afternoons with a superlative gerwerstraminer,  
some fruit and cheese, listening to Vivaldi, then watching the  
evening mists roll up the hills.

Just remember to tear off your rear view mirror before you start.  
It's the first rule of Italian driving...k

On Jul 13, 2009, at 7:45 PM, Tom Corey wrote:

> Great post. Now I have to talk the Mrs. into taking that trip.
>
> Tom
>
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Jul 13, 2009, at 5:55 PM, ken rentiers <rentiers [at] mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Dennis
> >
> > I'll give you the best way to the west coast, 5 - 6 days is
> > reasonable as you are talking 3000 miles/48 hours in the saddle. Even
> > the Cannonball Run guys took about 33 hrs driving time.
> >
> > I highly recommend you go southerly as the roads are so much better.
> > Swing around DC through Allentown and Harrisburg. Then run 81 down
> > through VA to Knoxville and take 40 across. The Interstate is much
> > better maintained through TN/AR and the great state of Texas. On
> > through New Mexico, Flagstaff Arizona (don't forget Winona) and soon
> > you are able to swing over to Bakersfield, across to San Luis Obispo
> > and up the PCH to Monterey. The route is spectacular the whole  
> > damn way.
> >
> > Notes:
> >
> > 1. You have to lose your radar detectors while crossing VA. You will
> > be paralleling the Skyline Drive but it is very slow and it is high
> > tourist season. Everything from TN onwards is posted 70. parts of TX
> > are posted 80 but not your route.
> > 2. It's all very scenic. TN is very pretty. Stop in Memphis at
> > Corky's Ribs & BBQ - just off the bypass. Opens at 11. Worth the
> > trouble.
> > 3. Amarillo is a great place to overnight, since after that there's
> > not much until ABQ. Avoid the Big Texan Steak House - muy touirsta.
> > Go to the Stockman's Restaurant at the stockyards. That's where the
> > ranchers eat. Me too. Pulling out of Amarillo heading west about half
> > a mile out of town is the Cadillac ranch on the eastbound southern
> > side. A must stop and take picture place. You'll see it easily.
> > 4. Don't go through ABQ You have time to detour through Santa Fe and
> > spend a night there. I can give you explicit routes and instructions
> > if you choose this. Just do it. Better than Monterey. Roads are
> > fabulous.
> > 5. Grand Canyon - plan on spending many hours getting in and out,
> > it's WAY off the highway. I would NOT go to Las Vegas unless you are
> > happy doubling back. through Barstow or going all the way up to Reno
> > and across (400 miles). There are impassable mountains and Death
> > Valley between LV and the CA coast.
> > 6. From Bakersfield take 56 through Simmler to San Luis Obispo and
> > Morro Bay. This will be your best drive of the trip. Now my secret is
> > out (snif). Overnight in Morro Bay. Reserve now. Then go up through
> > Big Sur to Monterey. GO EARLY IN SUMMER. Leave 20 minutes before
> > sunup. If you don't you will be following an RV the whole way. Slow
> > to 15. Now Slow to 10. Arrrrgggghhhhhh!
> >
> > Let me know if you want any more info. I write whereof I have been.
> >
> > ken the inveterate road tripper
> >
> > On Jul 13, 2009, at 1:55 PM, Dennis Liu wrote:
> >
> > > Howdy, all.  Will be making a cross-country drive in early August  
> > > from
> > > Boston to Manhattan then out to Monterey, CA.  Should take 5-6 days.
> > > Looking for suggestions/advice on good routes to take.  Will be
> > > four of us
> > > in a convoy, driving some very cool machinery (details to be  
> > > announced
> > > later, he said with a grin).  Possible stops include Las Vegas,  
> > > Moab,
> > > Denver, Grand Canyon, Chicago, St Louis, and more.
> > >
> > > Basically, want to get as West as fast as possible, as our thinking
> > > is that
> > > the more enjoyable parts of the trip would be further west, but
> > > open to
> > > ideas.  Could take the more northerly route through Chicago and
> > > then Denver,
> > > but a more southerly route is also a possibility.
> > >
> > > Places to stop/stay, cool car-gatherings, GREAT ROADS, etc.,  
> > > would be
> > > appreciated.  (And, if this works out, we'll probably be a rolling
> > > car-gathering/cool thing too.)  :-)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > --Dennis
> > >
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