Anyone up for a drive up PCH?

[Jim S]

Weather sucks, been raining off and on all weekend. Between seeing my Dad at the hospital and catching up on paper work, getting pretty depressing.

Think maybe a cruise up PCH to Seattle and maybe see Graces shop (if she joins us on this trip at the end).

Lets stop here past Cambria and Hearst Castle and snap a few pics of the drive. This is were we just came thru

http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Coast_trip_2007_031.jpg

And the road ahead, looks like we might run into some fog on the way. Better slip a jacket or sweater on before we leave.

http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Coast_trip_2007_034.jpg


Ahh....LOVE the bridges on PCH. Guess it is the construction guy in me. And PCH has some great ones. Look familiar???

http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Coast_trip_2007_035.jpg


Lets see, Pigeon Point Lighthouse should be up here somewhere. Ahh, here we go, one of the many lighthouses along the way. Maybe a quick look see and pic then lets get back on the road.

http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Coast_trip_2007_039.jpg

Anyone else care to join the road trip, or should Cathi and I continue alone?

[Jim S]

Gotta stop in San Francisco since we go right thru it and see a few sights.

Pretty sure I saw Goatfalls Bob coming out of the "museum" in this building (right side).

http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Coast_trip_2007_day_2_005.jpg


Maybe look at Alcatraz

http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Coast_trip_2007_day_2_012.jpg


And this road looks pretty crooked

http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Coast_trip_2007_day_2_024.jpg


Lets take a quick drive down it and see what everyone is looking at

http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Coast_trip_2007_day_2_034.jpg


And last but not least, I think I remember being here in the early 70's but the memory is a little (maybe a LOT) hazy about the place

http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Coast_trip_2007_day_2_072.jpg

Well.....maybe enough time spent here, better head for the bay bridge now. Still looking for some folks to join in.

[Pepe]

WOAH .............. Superb pics Jim .......... thanks !!:tu:


That water in the 1st pic looks like fantastic ! :biggrin:

[Dreamcast18]

Gotta stop in San Francisco since we go right thru it and see a few sights.
Well.....maybe enough time spent here, better head for the bay bridge now. Still looking for some folks to join in.

dude...what the...u left us behind on PCH? We're still waiting here at Big Sur :nono:

http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/DSC_0164.jpg
Caption: WTH is Jim? He must be strangling behind! (little do we know...)


you better get some warm soup and sonoma wine ready when we get into SF! :wink:

[Jim S]

Woah......sorry DC. Couldn't wait any longer. Thought you and Skan got stuck in traffic, or the baby needed changing, LOL. We are going to wait on the other side of the bay bridge for you.

Better hurry though, a lot more to see up the road before dark.

:burnout :burnout

[Jim S]

Thought for sure we would run into more members. Where the heck is Larry Lord? He's always up for a trip.

Might see Roger Freeman somewhere up the road also. He's alway's driving this road headed to Az. Think he heads out there to bail out Smelly Cat Salzman when he starts hitting the sauce a little to much. :rll: :rll: :rll:

[Dreamcast18]

Damn...look @ the sunshine in downtown SF!

http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/Pic0039.jpg

[Dreamcast18]

Well..seems like the fog is rolling in....

http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/Pic0031.jpg


and the sun is setting...

http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/Pic0036.jpg


dinner @ Fisherman's Wharf? I believe Roger is at Taco Bell...

http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Pic0059.jpg

[Jim S]

HAHAHAHA....Roger is still trying to figure out how to eat that food they gave him! Hummm...Knife and fork....just pick it up and eat it....no directions with this food? What's up with that? Heyyy....I know a place right down the road. I'll catch up with you guys just down the road, have an errand to run.

[MIKE S.]

You guys make me sick why did I ever move back to michigan (although I did catch 25 bluegills thru the Ice today:-D) I think your going to have major rain you better hurry home:rll:


http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/medium/01-01-08_009.jpg

[squiggy]

Wow! that is some aw some country. I wish I was with you there. :tu:

[Dreamcast18]

You guys make me sick why did I ever move back to michigan (although I did catch 25 bluegills thru the Ice today:-D) I think your going to have major rain you better hurry home:rll:



If its any consolation...Jim S gave the wrong directions to Larry Lord -> took the 5 thru Cow Dung country...

http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/Pic0003.jpg

[MissKitty]

I wanna go - I wanna go - I wanna go !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jim S]

Well, Guess cathi and I were to far ahead of the pack. Headed back down the coast and caught up with the rest of the pack.

Let's see if you recognize the folks ant the place. Here's a few behind us.

http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/medium/day_8_054.jpg


Good looking couple.....


http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/medium/day_8_064.jpg


OK. You should be able to figure it out from this pic. Famous tree, known throught the world.


http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/medium/day_8_074.jpg



Where are we at now????

[Dreamcast18]

Where are we at now????


Here?

http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/DSC_0012edit.jpg

[MIKE S.]

Pictured rocks nat lakeshore Michigan



http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/16285424BmEeWaNSxn_th.jpg

Oh thats righ there is 30 inches of Ice on lake superior this time of year :rll:

[Jim S]

That's the place DC.

And to set the record straight, Larry was NOT following my directions, he decided to use that GPS he bought from you! :rll::rll::rll: Guess he is having some troubles, LOL. Oh well, break out the map book now and get back on track Larry.

Miss Kitty, just jump on over to the left coast. You are welcome anytime.

Mike...In the middle of rain right now. Nice time to get outta here and enjoy the road. At least our rain stays wet, doesn't freeze like yours does!

Come on folks.......where are we?

[TooHipCat]

I sometimes forget that PCH travels through some beautiful countryside.

There are some really nasty sections of it when it makes its way through Long Beach!:eek2:

[Dreamcast18]

The nice part of Long Beach:

http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/LongBeach.jpg

:wink:


There are some really nasty sections of it when it makes its way through Long Beach!:eek2:

[Dreamcast18]

Come on folks.......where are we?


If you look across this bay...that's where it is

http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/101_0125_1.jpg

At the northern tip of the bay..you will find this light house..

http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/101_0133_1.jpg

soo...if you figure out the light house..you can figure out which bay this is and where Jim is... :wink:

[MeanCat]

You guys make me sick why did I ever move back to Michigan (although I did catch 25 bluegills Thur the Ice today:-D) I think your going to have major rain you better hurry home:rll:


http://www.prowltalk.com/gallery/data/500/medium/01-01-08_009.jpg


Mike that pic was taken in Moddersville MI. And I know where. out front of my store to the left..:beer:

[Jim S]

Think I remember reading somewhere that the tree is over 250 years old. Think Dirty Harry lives just down the road from it.

Still don't know where we are?

[MIKE S.]

Jerry I could't find any sno photos handy so I used the one from your front yard even we now havemore snow than you now enjoy the heat wave this week 50 degrees lol

[Tangled up in 'Vitamin C']

...beautiful pictures

...the curvy street reminds me of a scene from "Bullit" where the Charger and Mustang were rubbing the walls on the way down....

...runnin Route 66 used to be my dream cruise, but after traveling much of it I have realized it just doesn't really exist anymore...PCH is one I want to do in the near future...

[MetalWithGrace]

Route 66 through Golden Valley and into Bullhead City AZ used to be a favorite trip on my chopper,... as small as that road is, and the severity of the curves I think the route is better suited to a motorcycle.. ;)

~Grace

[blackcat]

Grace, how's the progress on the grills going? Can't wait to get mine...........

[Jim S]

Tangled, Route 66 still exists, you just have to close your eyes and think back to the old days. Agree that most is gone, but I still enjoy seeing the sights that are left, and remembering what it used to be like traveling the country. Back when the trip itself was the adventure, enjoying all the sights and quircky tourist traps that each area of the country had to offer.

Nowadays that is lost. It's strictly a race to get from point A to point B without seeing the countryside.

Yep, while 66 is gone to some degree, the adventure is still there.

And no one has the tree yet?

Grace: You are correct with 66. Love the drive from Bullhead city to Seligman. Oatman, Kingman, Hackberry, etc. are great stops and perfect scenery. Great in the Prowler, has to a blast on the bike.

[MetalWithGrace]

Will be shipping all week, your tracking number should be getting to you in a day or two.. right now your frame and set pin are put together, the top is being measured and adjusted for fit, and bars should be on it tonight or tomorrow.. :)

I hope to have all twelve that I have in progress out this week, the next batch to immediately follow.. I am hoping to have all grilles on order shipped by the 19th

I can't wait too!!!! :banana:

~Grace


Grace, how's the progress on the grills going? Can't wait to get mine...........

[blackcat]

Great news......... Thanks. I will definetly post pictures!:tu::tu:

[1buddyc]

Think I remember reading somewhere that the tree is over 250 years old. Think Dirty Harry lives just down the road from it.

Still don't know where we are?
Carmel?

[Jim S]

Close Buddy. They say it's a pebbles throw from there.

[Dreamcast18]

Satellite imagery...was trying to zoom in and capture a bunch of Prowlers but the US Govt says we can't zoom that close :statiictongue::

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n275/dreamcast18/Tree.jpg

:mrgreen:

Carmel?

[Dixie Cat]

Pebble Beach and that is the "Lone Cypress" tree.