When you head down from Portland toward San Francisco, I recommend taking the 101 or the 1 rather than the 5--the trip along the 101 (at least the southern half of the trip) is very pretty, and the weather is usually very mild, whereas inland it’s usually pretty hot, or I guess in the winter it would be pretty cold.
It’s about 75 more km but the coast is much nicer, and if you have some time to stop around Arcata, there are some beautiful national parks if you like forests, and I can recommend some local restaurants and possibly meet up, since I’ll be up there in late December on Christmas break.
(I grew up in that area and my parents and a number of old friends are there, but I don’t live there so I don’t know that I could offer you a place to stay.)
No worries. I’m definitely interested in seeing nice things as opposed to just going places as quickly as possible, depending of course on how my travel time is going. I need to figure out what I’m actually going to do for Christmas—hopefully some friends of mine on the West Coast will take me in and feed me...
When you head down from Portland toward San Francisco, I recommend taking the 101 or the 1 rather than the 5--the trip along the 101 (at least the southern half of the trip) is very pretty, and the weather is usually very mild, whereas inland it’s usually pretty hot, or I guess in the winter it would be pretty cold.
It’s about 75 more km but the coast is much nicer, and if you have some time to stop around Arcata, there are some beautiful national parks if you like forests, and I can recommend some local restaurants and possibly meet up, since I’ll be up there in late December on Christmas break.
(I grew up in that area and my parents and a number of old friends are there, but I don’t live there so I don’t know that I could offer you a place to stay.)
No worries. I’m definitely interested in seeing nice things as opposed to just going places as quickly as possible, depending of course on how my travel time is going. I need to figure out what I’m actually going to do for Christmas—hopefully some friends of mine on the West Coast will take me in and feed me...