DJ Brewer on wed 13 sep 06
I have not been on that exact road trip since I was 6 years old in 1959.
I'll tell you two things I remember with delight:
Hearst Castle and Highway 1
My son just moved to Seattle and I'm on the Gulf Coast of Texas. I plan
to road trip it out to him, and go to every place I went to when I was
six (except Disneyland -- I'm no longer theme park oriented).
San Diego Zoo
Crookedest street in the World
Sequoia National Forest
Yosemite
Hearst Castle
Highway 1
I remember all of those experiences, and dozens more whose locations and
names are buried, but whose visual images remain.
Now that I am a potter, I would add to the list of adventures trash
bags, lidded plastic containers, and a garden trowel for digging up clay
samples along the way!
Have fun!
DJ
Eleanora Eden wrote:
> Hi Melinda,
>
> Point Lobos, near Big Sur, was always one of my favorite stops.
> Also a nice restaurant with good views is Nepenthe, near Big Sur.
> Great history to that place. Interesting gift shop. Lots of nice decks.
> Right in there is also that little Henry Miller library with a great
> sculpture garden. Just north of the Henry Miller is a gallery called
> Hawthorne Gallery....I remember that as I saved a postcard that is
> here on the wall in my office......they often have people in playing
> chamber music and you go upstairs and the whole floor is glass.
> Interesting sculpture. I think it is a family thing, one is a potter, on=
e
> a sculptor......
>
> Also a little bitty place further up toward SF called Moss Landing.
> Seems like a forgotten corner of the coast, a working fishing port with
> a good fish store that has a couple of tables and great fresh fish.
>
> If you're going just north from SF, the drive out to McClure's beach is
> really lovely over the headlands there. If there's been some rain, up
> on the hillsides there grows the Agaricus Californicus, a mushroom
> closely related to the grocery store mushroom but the size of a frisbee.
> We used to spot them from the road, glowing white in the grass on
> the hillsides above the road. Buds the size of softballs. There's a lit=
tle
> town out on the headlands you have to go through, can't remember the
> name at the moment, has become quite the deal with galleries and
> so forth.
>
> Just a few ideas. Hope you have a great trip.
>
> Eleanora
>
>
>
>
>> What "Don't Miss" sites should we see on our drive down the coast of WA,=
OR,
>> and California? We will be driving the coastal road late October and mo=
nth
>> of November. It would be so nice to eat/see what the locals know is
>> great.....can't wait ! Melinda
>> --
>> Small Work-No Apologies
>> Melinda Collins, Kerrville Texas
>> http://web.me.com/melindacollins/
>>
>
>
> --
> Bellows Falls Vermont
> www.eleanoraeden.com
>
>
gary navarre on sun 13 sep 09
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Eleanora Eden on sun 13 sep 09
Are they still open to the public? I thought you had to pay for some expen=
sive touchy-feely conference to use them these days. We used to sneak in a=
t daybreak and indulge.....phew......can still smell the sulphur.......real=
ly nice views.
Brings to mind the Tassahara trail that goes back into the hills from a par=
king lot just below the state park at Big Sur. There are hot springs back =
there about 10 miles in, right on the trail. The time I went in was a very=
long time ago but there was a bath tub built out of rock so you could just=
have the most wonderful bath there in the woods. If you have good weather=
that would be an amazing break from riding in the car.
Eleanora
>Big Sur Hot Springs sulfur bath... lots of that new age old time cosmic vo=
rtex lay line energy with a great view.
>
--
Bellows Falls Vermont
www.eleanoraeden.com
Shula on sun 13 sep 09
I noticed several people have included the San Diego Zoo in their list. Whi=
le the SD zoo is great, I prefer the Wild Animal Park. It's part of the San=
Diego Zoo, but near Escondido. It started as the breeding center for the z=
oo. It encompasses thousands of acres, so the animals have much more room t=
o roam. It houses both rare animals and plants. It includes areas like the=
African savannah where animals live together.
Shula
Desert Hot Springs, California USA
www.claymystique.etsy.com
Chaeli Sullivan on sun 13 sep 09
I found Cannon Beach, Ore. fascinating.=3DA0 Was there on a hot summer's da=
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and forgot all about the heat in the excitement of trying to see everything=
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It originated as an artist's colony and has the flavor of Cape Cod's, Provi=
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Chae
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Rebecca Catterall on sun 13 sep 09
Hi - As a potter you need to visit Harmony CA on Rt 1 - just south of Cam=
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near the Hearst Castle. The town has a population of 24 people - and one=
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the best collections of pottery for sale anywhere! There is also wine tas=
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for foodies too.
Rebecca Catterall
douglas fur on tue 15 sep 09
If you're going to do this big trip you should do the whole thing. Drive
around the north end of the olympic penninsula (stop at hurricane ridge if
you can) and go out to the end of the world-
http://maps.google.com/maps/mpl?ie=3D3DUTF8&moduleurl=3D3Dhttp://maps.googl=
e.co=3D
m/help/maps/local_search/mapplet.html&mapclient=3D3Dgoogle&f=3D3Dq&q=3D3Dun=
iversi=3D
ty&hl=3D3Den&ie=3D3DUTF8&ll=3D3D37.76108,-122.435589&spn=3D3D0.111961,0.175=
095&z=3D3D=3D
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m=3D3Duniversity%20maps
If this doesn't link search for cape flattery. this leads to the cape trail=
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.
its on the Makah reservation and not developed as it would be in a nat'l
park- you could actually fall off the end of the world here.
DRB
Seattle
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Roxanne Hunnicutt wrote=
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:
> What NOT to miss:WA OR CA Coast road trip
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