- Joined
- May 22, 2012
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- Location
- Prescott, Arizona
- My XLR/V(s)
- 2009 XLR Platinum, Crystal Red Metalic
The wife and I have taken Crystal on some short road trips to Vegas and such but, we really wanted to do a real road test. So, we packed our duffels to enable lots of top down crusin, and headed out.
We avoided freeways and expressways as much as possible to see the wonderful countryside top down.
We went from Palm Desert to Acton then up to Ojai where we stopped for lunch at a Thai place. Then more back-road driving to Carpinteria and scenic CA1 to Cambria and the Pelican Cove B&B. The next leg was up CA1 to Big Sur and on to the Monterey peninsula. We then turned inland and traveled through the farmlands toward Yosemite Valley. The BLM senior pass is sure worth its weight in gold.
We spent two nights in the valley doing touristy stuff. Friday we left the valley through the south entrance, this was the real start of mountain driving, and stopped at Mariposa Grove, BIGGG Sequoia Trees. Stopped at Bed of Roses B&B in Oakhurst for the night. Saturday we went up the mountain to Giant Sequoia National Monument and the General Grant Tree (the largest tree by volume in the world) then, onto the Generals Highway to the General Sherman tree after that it was all down hill to the Plantation B&B in Lemon Cove. It was a good thing we traveled on the weekend because the construction projects were shut down. I really got to use the sport mode on this part of the trip. All the flatlanders pulled over to let us by. Sunday was the final travel day through the citrus groves and oil fields then across the high desert to Barstow and the back roads to Yucca Valley. We stopped at Pappy & Harriet's in Pioneertown for BBQ (yum), a mere 45 miles later we pulled up in the driveway.
Out of a total of 29 hours driving more than half of it was top down. Both Janet and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Bring on BG & MT
We avoided freeways and expressways as much as possible to see the wonderful countryside top down.
We went from Palm Desert to Acton then up to Ojai where we stopped for lunch at a Thai place. Then more back-road driving to Carpinteria and scenic CA1 to Cambria and the Pelican Cove B&B. The next leg was up CA1 to Big Sur and on to the Monterey peninsula. We then turned inland and traveled through the farmlands toward Yosemite Valley. The BLM senior pass is sure worth its weight in gold.
We spent two nights in the valley doing touristy stuff. Friday we left the valley through the south entrance, this was the real start of mountain driving, and stopped at Mariposa Grove, BIGGG Sequoia Trees. Stopped at Bed of Roses B&B in Oakhurst for the night. Saturday we went up the mountain to Giant Sequoia National Monument and the General Grant Tree (the largest tree by volume in the world) then, onto the Generals Highway to the General Sherman tree after that it was all down hill to the Plantation B&B in Lemon Cove. It was a good thing we traveled on the weekend because the construction projects were shut down. I really got to use the sport mode on this part of the trip. All the flatlanders pulled over to let us by. Sunday was the final travel day through the citrus groves and oil fields then across the high desert to Barstow and the back roads to Yucca Valley. We stopped at Pappy & Harriet's in Pioneertown for BBQ (yum), a mere 45 miles later we pulled up in the driveway.
Out of a total of 29 hours driving more than half of it was top down. Both Janet and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Bring on BG & MT
We can't allow the XLR community be defined by the Midwest Marauders, can we?
Did I say that out loud?
That just a normal trip! All your pictures are always amazing!!
