Angry Ram Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Planning on driving from San Francisco to San Diego next year July/Aug. Anyone done this before and can recommend places to see etc. Doing 4 nights San Fran 2 nights Carmel 1 night San Simeon 2 nights Newport Beach 1 night Palm Springs 4 nights San Diego WTF is in San Simeon? Got talked into overnighting there. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Not much to do in San Simeon but here things to do from what I can remember Elephant seal rookery 4 miles of Hearst Castle Ragged Point (This is beginning of Elevated part of the big sur drive Ragged Point is a commercial property, but the views from the back of the property are stunning) McWay Falls @ Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park (Famous ribbon waterfall that drops on to an inaccessible beach. The contrast between the water in the cove by the falls and the open sea is breathtaking) Nepenthe/Phoenix shop(Lunch with nice view there and big sur souvenir shopping) Bixby Bridge ( Iconic arch bridge used in many of our TV and prints ads) Point Lobos State Reserve (Stunning scenery along several easy walking paths) San Diego is decent Palm Spring good choice No comment on Carmel + Newport beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Ram Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 You are Alan Wicker I claim my fiver.... Thanks mate see you Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Angry Ram I'm well jell. Have a blast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Ram Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Planning on driving from San Francisco to San Diego next year July/Aug. Anyone done this before and can recommend places to see etc. Doing 4 nights San Fran 2 nights Carmel 1 night San Simeon 2 nights Newport Beach 1 night Palm Springs 4 nights San Diego WTF is in San Simeon? Got talked into overnighting there. Cheers. Balboa Island, San Clemente for a surf, thousand step beach at Laguna beach. Go to 7 flags magic mountain. Check out Irvine spectrum. Catch a couple of local bands in Laguna Nigel. Drive around Palm Springs in a pick up with oversized wheels. **** I wish I lived there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Ram Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Huntington Beach as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Ram Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 2 couples going, toying with the idea of hiring two soft top Mustangs as we all won't get in one.. The missus don't want her hair messed up.. Just Googled Balboa Island, looks nice will give it a try. Bit old for surfing tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Enjoy it mate and stay safe. Yeah see you on sunday about 11ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Cambria south of San Simeon is a really cool place for lunch and a potter round. Bit of an artist community. Hearst Castle is well worth a look. A little further south San Luis Obispo has some good pubs and restaurants and a drive in cinema. Try to make it a Thursday night there, big open air farmers market, massive BBQs live music in the street and in pubs. San Diego is nice. Loads of obvious stuff like Sea World and the zoo, but travel out to La Jolla and Coronado Island. Top places. Top tip is to do Alcatraz trip at teatime. Travel out on the boat and look round in daylight, see sunset from the island and get the boat back with all the city lit up. P.s.Fisherman's Wharf is sh1te Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Ram Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 Thanks mate. We are booked on Coronado Island. Thanks for the tip re Alcatraz. Always like a big BBQ as well. Top tips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Do Americans come over here to do the M1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Ram Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 Do Americans come over here to do the M1? The PCH is not a motorway. But good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie20 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Do Americans come over here to do the M1? Yeah -minimum 3 week stay required! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Do Americans come over here to do the M1? Well I know a services that has clean toilets. Well worth a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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