[JENA]

Who's taken the long drive to the West Coast?

Just curious what are some of the highlights and definate pit-stops to make when traveling from San Antonio to Los Angeles (or anywhere West of Texas)?
I've traveled all over the East coast of the US, But never been West of Texas and want to know whats out there.
Share your experiences or what you know.

[Agent Jones]

Depends on how much you wanna detour, you could see Grand canyon, Lake Tahoe, las vegas, Hoover Dam!

I have been to lake tahoe once and cant wait to go back.

[machgsxr]

Grand Canyon and Hoover dam are great places to see out that way. Las vegas to Bakersfield yuk. Basically it's like a freaking desert.

Take hwy 1 up and you get a great ocean view drive.

[03 R Code]

The grand canyon is a nice place to stop. Isn't the cadillac ranc on the side of the road heading to LA? I think I remember seeing that when we drove out there a long time ago...

[JENA]

Originally Posted by Agent Jones

Depends on how much you wanna detour, you could see Grand canyon, Lake Tahoe, las vegas, Hoover Dam!
I have been to lake tahoe once and cant wait to go back.

depends on how much there is to see in any one direction... Grand Canyon would def. be on my wishlist though.

Whats so great about lake tahoe, I hear lots about it but never been.

Oh and I forgot I have been West of TX before - Vegas FTW.

Originally Posted by machgsxr

Grand Canyon and Hoover dam are great places to see out that way. Las vegas to Bakersfield yuk. Basically it's like a freaking desert.
Take hwy 1 up and you get a great ocean view drive.

Where do you get on it and how far will it get me?

[JENA]

Originally Posted by 03 R Code

The grand canyon is a nice place to stop. Isn't the cadillac ranc on the side of the road heading to LA? I think I remember seeing that when we drove out there a long time ago...

cadillac ranch... I will have to google it... is that where all those cars or stuck in the ground, standing straight up?





................... just searched it... thats the place, says its in Amarillo TX

[03 R Code]

well then... I was way off on my directions...

[Agent Jones]

Originally Posted by JENA

depends on how much there is to see in any one direction... Grand Canyon would def. be on my wishlist though.

Whats so great about lake tahoe, I hear lots about it but never been.

Oh and I forgot I have been West of TX before - Vegas FTW.


Where do you get on it and how far will it get me?

Hwy 1 is Pacific Hwy 1 it goes along the cali border next to the pacific ocean from la to san fran. its a nice twisty road up in hills and mountains...you will take it once you get to La...I was out there last year and its a blast to drive on but has about 3 cops per mile lol

[machgsxr]

Originally Posted by Agent Jones

Hwy 1 is Pacific Hwy 1 it goes along the cali border next to the pacific ocean from la to san fran. its a nice twisty road up in hills and mountains...you will take it once you get to La...I was out there last year and its a blast to drive on but has about 3 cops per mile lol

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MMmm. Took it from San Fran. down to where you cut across to Clovis and didn't pass but MAYBE 1 cop.

[FnSweet06]

used to live out there till about 4yrs ago so before moving out here i've driven it more then 15times back and fourth..
But ya if your trying to knock several birds with one stone its kinda hard to do if your staying in one route unless your willing to detour a bunch. If you wanna sight see id say do it all in California. LOTS to do in L.a, and as much in San fransisco and the drive inbetween there is nice too.

[Agent Jones]

Originally Posted by machgsxr

MMmm. Took it from San Fran. down to where you cut across to Clovis and didn't pass but MAYBE 1 cop.

oh i have never been on the san fran part of it but i was in the hills of LA/malibu area and i saw alot of cops.

[JENA]

Yeah I'm sure we could keep busy in LA being first timers, plus they have several amusement parks, curious about what to do on the way to LA

[ImpactStang]

i went to the canyon and hoover dam and if youve never seen either, your usually in for it. no matter how many movies i had seen before where either were in it...its a hell of a lot bigger once your there. i almost fell off the dam too it was pretty cool...of course bumblebee would have saved me.

[JENA]

Originally Posted by ImpactStang

i went to the canyon and hoover dam and if youve never seen either, your usually in for it. no matter how many movies i had seen before where either were in it...its a hell of a lot bigger once your there. i almost fell off the dam too it was pretty cool...of course bumblebee would have saved me.

lol@bumblebee
Yeah I know what you mean about the greatness of actually seeing something in person versus in pictures/videos. We went to Niagara falls the beginning of this year and I still can't get over how HUGE those falls are, it is an absolutely Amazing thing to see and pictures do it NO justice!

We have been to Hoover Damn on one of our trips to Vegas, that was pretty neat, but Grand Canyon was a bit too far from Vegas to drive so we didn't get to do that, thats why I want to be sure to check it out this time.

[lobra97]

done the ride twice. was stationed in san diego. go Navy! lol if you wanna take detours as many have said, just look em up. if your in a rush to get there as i was, all you get to see is sand, mountains, lots of red bull and marlboro's! had to drive alone, hopefully you have another driver with you, sucks trying to stay awake at 3:30 am and out of cigs. enjoy!

[Poisoned Pony]

Originally Posted by JENA

Who's taken the long drive to the West Coast?

Just curious what are some of the highlights and definate pit-stops to make when traveling from San Antonio to Los Angeles (or anywhere West of Texas)?
I've traveled all over the East coast of the US, But never been West of Texas and want to know whats out there.
Share your experiences or what you know.

I did the San Antonio to Sacramento drive in January when I discharged. Originally I planned on taking Route 66 starting in Santa Rosa, NM but time and money were short. The Route 66 car muesum is in Santa Rosa with a pretty decent collection. You can swing through Santa Fe from there.

if staying I-10 (which is long and boring lol), there are some sights along the way. Tombstone is not too far off I-10, probably a 30 minute detour. I recommend that, I saw that place when I was stationed out there in 2004. Tucson has a HUGE air muesum there, along with the military's aircraft boneyard. Phoenix I'm sure has some things to do. Between Phoenix and LA, it's alot of nothing. I do make a point to stop at the dinosaurs at a rest stop on I-10 in SoCal. Family tradition thing