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I-5 in California is dreary and awful
Is I-5 devoid of sights by design? If there were interesting sights
and family places, traffic would be slower. Is that why there is nothing on it except gas stations, rest stops and drizzly weather? |
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I-5 in California is dreary and awful
In oups.com "Richard
Fangnail" wrote: Is I-5 devoid of sights by design? It is an Interstate, after all. If there were interesting sights and family places, traffic would be slower. Is that why there is nothing on it except gas stations, rest stops and drizzly weather? If you want scenery, look to the west and take Route 1, but be prepared for a much, much longer trip. Maybe US 101 is a compromise; I've never driven it. -- Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN |
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I-5 in California is dreary and awful
It seems to me I heard somewhere that Bert Hyman wrote in article
: In oups.com "Richard Fangnail" wrote: Is I-5 devoid of sights by design? It is an Interstate, after all. If there were interesting sights and family places, traffic would be slower. Is that why there is nothing on it except gas stations, rest stops and drizzly weather? If you want scenery, look to the west and take Route 1, but be prepared for a much, much longer trip. Maybe US 101 is a compromise; I've never driven it. I'd consider US 101 a reasonable compromise, though we don't know Richard's starting and ending points. It has always seemed to me to allow roughly the same speeds as I-5, but because of the layout is probably enough longer to affect the traveling time. There is fairly good scenery in some areas, and the route passes some places with history as well as the Salinas Valley agricultural areas. The mountain stretch between Paso Robles and Santa Maria always seems longer to me than the equivalent stretch over the mountains on the I-5, FWIW. -- Don Kirkman |
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I-5 in California is dreary and awful
The most obvious alternative to the I-5 is Rte 99, which runs parallel to
the I-5 a few miles east and passes through/by all the major towns and cities of the Central Valley --- it's kinda dreary but at least there's something to see, and some of that is even interesting. "Richard Fangnail" wrote in message oups.com... Is I-5 devoid of sights by design? If there were interesting sights and family places, traffic would be slower. Is that why there is nothing on it except gas stations, rest stops and drizzly weather? |
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I-5 in California is dreary and awful
On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 16:21:40 -0500, "mdrawson"
wrote: The most obvious alternative to the I-5 is Rte 99, which runs parallel to the I-5 a few miles east and passes through/by all the major towns and cities of the Central Valley --- it's kinda dreary but at least there's something to see, and some of that is even interesting. And CA-99 has towns you can stop in. Maybe find a real cafe to lunch at. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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I-5 in California is dreary and awful
On 1 Jan 2007 10:00:31 -0800, "Richard Fangnail"
wrote: Is I-5 devoid of sights by design? If there were interesting sights and family places, traffic would be slower. Is that why there is nothing on it except gas stations, rest stops and drizzly weather? What? You didn't think the huge cattle feed lot was visually interesting? -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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I-5 in California is dreary and awful
Drizzly weather???
That's really rare on I-5. It must have made it more interesting than usual. I-5 i's also more interesting when there is a heavy fog. That's when the 100 car pile ups occur! On 1 Jan 2007 10:00:31 -0800, "Richard Fangnail" wrote: Is I-5 devoid of sights by design? If there were interesting sights and family places, traffic would be slower. Is that why there is nothing on it except gas stations, rest stops and drizzly weather? |
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I-5 in California is dreary and awful
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On 2007-01-01, Richard Fangnail wrote: Is I-5 devoid of sights by design? If there were interesting sights and family places, traffic would be slower. Is that why there is nothing on it except gas stations, rest stops and drizzly weather? It's because that's really all there is in California's Central Valley. A road through nowhere can't be expected to have sights. (I-5 through Oregon and Washington is slightly more interesting.) --keith -- (try just my userid to email me) AOLSFAQ=http://www.therockgarden.ca/aolsfaq.txt see X- headers for PGP signature information |
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I-5 in California is dreary and awful
On 01 Jan 2007 18:08:22 GMT Bert Hyman wrote:
:In oups.com "Richard :Fangnail" wrote: : Is I-5 devoid of sights by design? :It is an Interstate, after all. : If there were interesting sights and family places, traffic would be : slower. Is that why there is nothing on it except gas stations, rest : stops and drizzly weather? :If you want scenery, look to the west and take Route 1, but be prepared :for a much, much longer trip. Maybe US 101 is a compromise; I've never :driven it. I think 99 runs thru some cities. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. |
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I-5 in California is dreary and awful
Richard Fangnail wrote: Is I-5 devoid of sights by design? If there were interesting sights and family places, traffic would be slower. Is that why there is nothing on it except gas stations, rest stops and drizzly weather? Couldn't agree with you more (well, except for the drizzly weather part. That's not usually the case.) Since we live in Seattle and have to make the trek to SoCal about once a year, we have experimented with all sorts of alternate routes: 1, 101, 99 and 395 are all more interesting than 5. But 5 is still your best bet if all you want to do is make time: we can do it in two days if we overnight someplace like Grants Pass or Weed. Get an interesting book on CD, grit your teeth and go. |
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