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California Coast 850 1993

Hi: Has anyone driven up the coast of California (from San Francisco) to the Oregon border then cut across to I-5 to Seattle? I am looking for directions/advice/time it took etc..

Any advice would be appreciated.








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California Coast 850 1993

Not specifically...

I did however just drive from VA to CA.

I have both Microsoft's Streets & Trips 2004 (PC only), as well as Rand McNally's Road Atlas. MSS&T is great - you can pull up gas stations, restaurants, rest stops, even download current road construction info. There was a lot of construction in Little Rock, outside Flaggstaff, Texas, shoot - all over!

But unless you have a laptop sitting next to you, you have to print out lots of pages. It will, however, allow you to map a route, and calculate time, mileage and fuel costs after inputting prefs on mpg, speeds and est cost per gallon. It's a very comprehensive program, but I did not want to tag along my laptop.

I took the Atlas as a backup, and used it mostly.

WAL MART has a special deal on these... normally they are like $12 or $15, but WAL MART sells one at a cost of only like $5. Of course, they added a section inside the cover which gives a listing of all the Wal Marts in the country. It was actually very helpful.

The Atlas has charts and maps showing driving distances, and times.

Do like I did and pack yourself a little service box; flat tire air can, oil, rags, sockets and wrenches, screwdrivers, hand cleaner, latex gloves, flashlight, etc. I busted a Turbo hose, and boy did all that come in handy!
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