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Posted: 04/15/12 07:22pm

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skipsor wrote:

When you get to San Francisco be aware that hwy 101 runs through the city streets and it is a bit tight in spots. The worst spot are the last several miles as you approach the Golden Gate Bridge.

Good point don't take 101 through SF. Instead take 19th Ave (which is US 1) or the coast road which becomes Geary Blvd and intersects US 1. If on 101 take 380 past SFO to 280 and 19th Ave - be aware 19th Ave exits left.

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Posted: 04/16/12 08:34am

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Let me ask..once you get as far north, as planned...how will you be heading back?

If you are coming back via I-5, may I suggest you reconsider a tad. Going north on the coast, you will be wanting to pull left, off into the sightseeing stop areas and admire all the beutiful sandy beaches and low soft waves, oooohh and awwwww and so on, and getting off the 101 is bad enough, getting BACK on after the sightseeing stop is a bugger. You have to pull out across two lanes of traffic..the one going south and into the one going north.Doing it once is okay..doing it all the way up is going to be unpleasant, to say the least. Other drivers are rude and aggressive and some are in RV's too. They see someone waiting to come back out of the sightseeing pull-out and they do accelerate. Just sayin, folks, just sayin...

So, as a suggestion..maybe consider using I-5, hit'r all the way north to your turn-around point, head over to the coast and have a really sweet and leisurely drive home.

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Posted: 04/16/12 08:43am

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I've driven both ways and Gary has a good point. At many pulloffs there is limited road visibility headed north.

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Posted: 04/16/12 05:56pm

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CA Traveler wrote:

I've driven both ways and Gary has a good point. At many pulloffs there is limited road visibility headed north.

On the other-hand, driving north puts you on the inside and driving south puts you on the outside (cliff/ocean side). Non-sightseeing pull-outs will be on the inside. Six of one, half a dozen of the other.

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Posted: 04/17/12 08:09am

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Water-Bug wrote:

CA Traveler wrote:

I've driven both ways and Gary has a good point. At many pulloffs there is limited road visibility headed north.

I am sure your intentions are good, Water Bug, but...there aren't any, or very damned few, pull-outs on the inside. The views are all on the water side..even the tourist attractions, like the Sea Lion Caves. Which brings up a good point..with the great views on the outside, anyone going north is straining their eye-balls to look and that makes for a bad driving situation. Please note too..that driving the coastal route from SF north to say Astoria, Oregon is not a one day adventure. Think a week in an RV. Now..count up how many times one might have to make that re-entry back onto the roadway.

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