What exactly is the status of Big Sur? I've been planning to do the SF to LA ride late next year (circa September 2018), and can't seem to find out whether the route is projected to be open. Is it currently closed altogether? Even for bikes? Many thanks, Kevin Lindsey Alexandria, VA
On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 12:08:51 PM UTC-4, Ty Graham wrote: > > I road Astoria to San Francisco in 2014. I'm planning to ride Portland to > Brookings in a few weeks. > The Oregon portion is definitely the best part. I'm repeating that portion > since the California coast at big sur is screwed up until 2018. > I rode my Atlantis with compass 700x38 which I consider the perfect bike > for this ride. > I credit card toured which was the right choice for me except for 2 > downsides: northern cal the loading gets thin. I had to put together some > weird days just to make motels work. Motels can get expensive as you get > close to the Bay Area. I paid $250 for an $80 room on Saturday in Gualala. > Other down side is missing out on hanging out with trail friends. Everyone > you meet and you'll meet a lot is camping. It was strange to keep riding > past the campground on to my lonely motel. > I used the ACA maps. I'd highly recommend. I'm pure digital, but really > like having the analog map to ponder. I have the book but didn't use it on > the trip. Folks with the book seemed to be doing a lot more 101 riding and > seeing less of the nice side roads. > Here's a link to my Flickr. You can see elevation profiles and totals in > the bottom maps. > https://www.flickr.com/photos/13233995@N08/albums/72157648434202048 > Hit me up if you have more questions. > Ty > > Hit me up if you have m > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
