Advice on how long it will take me to drive from SF to Santa Monica

Can anyone please advise me on how long it will take for me and my wife
to drive from SF to Santa Monica using the coast road as much as
possible we will be travalling in early August 2004 and I was hopping to
do it in 1 day if possible. Any advice welcome as this is our first trip
to the East Coast.


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"McKerron" ha scritto nel messaggio
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Can anyone please advise me on how long it will take for me and my wife
to drive from SF to Santa Monica using the coast road as much as
possible we will be travalling in early August 2004 and I was hopping to
do it in 1 day if possible. Any advice welcome as this is our first trip
to the East Coast.

It's a very long way, it'will be 1000 km and 9 hours but it's a wonderful
experience.

Bye
Paolo

McKerron wrote:

Can anyone please advise me on how long it will take for me and my wife
to drive from SF to Santa Monica using the coast road as much as
possible we will be travalling in early August 2004 and I was hopping to
do it in 1 day if possible. Any advice welcome as this is our first trip
to the East Coast.

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It's feasible but if you rush it you'll miss out on the beauty of the
scenery you'll be travelling through.
If all you want to do is *get there*, then why not just take the
Interstate/Freeway? To enjoy the trip, take 2 days. Don't forget, Hearst
Castle is on the way - not to be missed. And I recommend booking a tour in
advance if you don't want to wait 4-5 hours for a space.

Ron
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I've driven from San Jose to Orange County in one day a dozen or more
times. I would usually stop several times to take photos, eat etc.
Driving from Monterey to Morro Bay you will only average about 40mph so
it is a bit slow, but the view is worth it. I would plan on arriving at
Samta Monica about 9PM to avoid the LA afternoon traffic and then
stopping in Santa Barbara and/or Malibu.

McKerron wrote:
Can anyone please advise me on how long it will take for me and my wife
to drive from SF to Santa Monica using the coast road as much as
possible we will be travalling in early August 2004 and I was hopping to
do it in 1 day if possible. Any advice welcome as this is our first trip
to the East Coast.

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:26:57 GMT, "Paolo"
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"McKerron" ha scritto nel messaggio
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Can anyone please advise me on how long it will take for me and my wife
to drive from SF to Santa Monica using the coast road as much as
possible we will be travalling in early August 2004 and I was hopping to
do it in 1 day if possible. Any advice welcome as this is our first trip
to the East Coast.

It's a very long way, it'will be 1000 km and 9 hours but it's a wonderful
experience.

SF to Santa Barbara is more like a bit over 500 km (330 miles)
and taking nine hours would mean some stopping along the way.

************* DAVE HATUNEN ) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 13:40:02 +0000 (UTC), Foul Ole Ron
wrote:

McKerron wrote:

Can anyone please advise me on how long it will take for me and my wife
to drive from SF to Santa Monica using the coast road as much as
possible we will be travalling in early August 2004 and I was hopping to
do it in 1 day if possible. Any advice welcome as this is our first trip
to the East Coast.

It's feasible but if you rush it you'll miss out on the beauty of the
scenery you'll be travelling through.

If you ahve all day to get from SF to Santa Barbara you'll have
time to see the scenery. Assuming you can actually see the
scneery: August is the season of coastal fog.

If all you want to do is *get there*, then why not just take the
Interstate/Freeway? To enjoy the trip, take 2 days. Don't forget, Hearst
Castle is on the way - not to be missed. And I recommend booking a tour in
advance if you don't want to wait 4-5 hours for a space.

While one can't fully enjoy Hwy-1 in only one day, one can still
enjoy it. Unless, of course, it's foggy and then the Big Sur
stretch can be hell.

Oh, and don't bother with Hwy-1 on the stretch through Lompoc;
US-101 is the better route there.


Ron

************* DAVE HATUNEN ) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

Hatunen wrote:

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 13:40:02 +0000 (UTC), Foul Ole Ron
wrote:


McKerron wrote:


Can anyone please advise me on how long it will take for me and my wife
to drive from SF to Santa Monica using the coast road as much as
possible we will be travalling in early August 2004 and I was hopping to
do it in 1 day if possible. Any advice welcome as this is our first trip
to the East Coast.

It's feasible but if you rush it you'll miss out on the beauty of the
scenery you'll be travelling through.


If you ahve all day to get from SF to Santa Barbara you'll have
time to see the scenery. Assuming you can actually see the
scneery: August is the season of coastal fog.


If all you want to do is *get there*, then why not just take the
Interstate/Freeway? To enjoy the trip, take 2 days. Don't forget, Hearst
Castle is on the way - not to be missed. And I recommend booking a tour in
advance if you don't want to wait 4-5 hours for a space.


While one can't fully enjoy Hwy-1 in only one day, one can still
enjoy it. Unless, of course, it's foggy and then the Big Sur
stretch can be hell.

Oh, and don't bother with Hwy-1 on the stretch through Lompoc;
US-101 is the better route there.


Ron

Remember though that the driver is supposed to stay on the road and not
look at the scenery. You will be driving on the drop off side & it's a
drop. FFM

"McKerron" wrote in message
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Can anyone please advise me on how long it will take for me and my wife
to drive from SF to Santa Monica using the coast road as much as
possible we will be travalling in early August 2004 and I was hopping to
do it in 1 day if possible. Any advice welcome as this is our first trip
to the East Coast.

If you are not stopping it'll be about 8 hours, also not counting on rush
hour traffic.



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McKerron wrote:
Can anyone please advise me on how long it will take for me and my wife
to drive from SF to Santa Monica using the coast road as much as
possible we will be travalling in early August 2004 and I was hopping to
do it in 1 day if possible. Any advice welcome as this is our first trip
to the East Coast.



I assume you meant "West Coast" :-)

My advice: do not do it in one day. The drive down the Big Sur is
magnificent and should not (actually cannot) be rushed. Do an overnight
in the San Simeon / Cambria area. (Even better is to do this with two
overnights, one in Monterey / Carmel and the second in San Simeon /
Cambria.)

If you must do the trip in one day, don't take the coast road.

Ben Brosgol

Ben has a good point. And I'll add to what someone else mentioned.

You will find traffic jams as you leave SF, probably until you get
south of San Jose or so. And you will run into traffic in LA, probably
starting as early as 3 pm (and I hope you aren't traveling on a
Friday). The heavy traffic will be hard to avoid unless you depart SF
very early in the morning. LA traffic will continue until 7 pm or so.

You can drive inland very fast, but it isn't scenic.

I suppose you could travel down the coast for the first half of the
journey, and then go a bit inland for speed. And you might want to
have dinner before entering LA, so as to join the traffic later in the
day.

(And I'm a little unsure that you can get from SF to LA and still stop
at San Simeon.)

DKM

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 00:03:22 -0500, Ben Brosgol
wrote:

McKerron wrote:
Can anyone please advise me on how long it will take for me and my wife
to drive from SF to Santa Monica using the coast road as much as
possible we will be travalling in early August 2004 and I was hopping to
do it in 1 day if possible. Any advice welcome as this is our first trip
to the East Coast.



I assume you meant "West Coast" :-)

My advice: do not do it in one day. The drive down the Big Sur is
magnificent and should not (actually cannot) be rushed. Do an overnight
in the San Simeon / Cambria area. (Even better is to do this with two
overnights, one in Monterey / Carmel and the second in San Simeon /
Cambria.)

If you must do the trip in one day, don't take the coast road.

Ben Brosgol



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