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dda · 28 Dec 2006, 22:49

If you are going in April-May, you may find that some roads haven't been opened across the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Major highways will be open but the snow accumulation over the winter in some areas such as the road most directly connecting Mammoth Lakes and Yosemite may be closed until June some years.

When you go from San Francisco to Los Angeles please take Highway 1. It runs along the Pacific Coast for much of that distance. It will take you through Monterey, the home of Cannery Row. Carmel-by-the-Sea, the home of Pebble Beach is nice. Also you go through Big Sur country which is very rugged coast line with a road hewn from the rock face several hundred feet above the Pacific Ocean. Very beautiful. At San Simeon you could stop and take a tour of Hearst's Castle. The greatest monument to conspicuous consumption in the US. Hearst is the person upon whom Citizen Kane was loosely based.

When you get to San Luis Obispo you would then join HWY 101 which would take you on to downtown Los Angeles via Santa Barbara.

Not the fastest way to go but certainly as scenic as any of the other places on you itenerary.

28 Dec 2006, 22:49	#20
dda USS Oklahoma Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,500	Re: Going to the USA next year If you are going in April-May, you may find that some roads haven't been opened across the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Major highways will be open but the snow accumulation over the winter in some areas such as the road most directly connecting Mammoth Lakes and Yosemite may be closed until June some years. When you go from San Francisco to Los Angeles please take Highway 1. It runs along the Pacific Coast for much of that distance. It will take you through Monterey, the home of Cannery Row. Carmel-by-the-Sea, the home of Pebble Beach is nice. Also you go through Big Sur country which is very rugged coast line with a road hewn from the rock face several hundred feet above the Pacific Ocean. Very beautiful. At San Simeon you could stop and take a tour of Hearst's Castle. The greatest monument to conspicuous consumption in the US. Hearst is the person upon whom Citizen Kane was loosely based. When you get to San Luis Obispo you would then join HWY 101 which would take you on to downtown Los Angeles via Santa Barbara. Not the fastest way to go but certainly as scenic as any of the other places on you itenerary. __________________ Ignorance is curable, stupidity is not. Last edited by dda; 13 Mar 2007 at 00:25.