John Francis wrote: > > > > > John Francis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Can someone tell me - > > > > what sort of distance is it from LAX to San Jose? > > > > > > Around 500 miles. > > > > I'd say no more than 350 - straight up route 5, > > no? > > Typo? > > Perhaps a little more - around 360 miles, I believe.
Well, I went and looked it up - thinking I was under a bit too, and came up with 390. Go figer.... > > Not so much a typo as the signposted distance on 101, > which is 448 miles from just south of San Jose, IIRC. Right, 101 would be more of course. > I was thinking of the distance to Long Beach, which > is what I'll be doing in a couple of weeks. > > > p. s. IT isn't boring if you take the route along > > the water, or go up the > > east side of the Sierras and then down -- of > > course, tahts a lot longer > > but very pretty. > > I'll come up 101 (or even Route 1) if I've got time, > but that's an all-day drive. But it does have the very > definite advantage that you're driving up through Big Sur > and the Monterey area as the sun sets over the pacific. A nicer drive than rt 5 to be sure -- but in case this started with "how fast can i get to..." (I've skimmed a lot of posts and deleted tons) by original query I thought I'd reassure the traveler it was a bit less than 500 :) ann
