1969 Dart GT convertible cross country road trip 2012: The OTHER coast

We woke up early in the morning (6:30) to prepare ourselves for the long journey ahead. Packed up our bags, chowed down on hotel breakfast, and waited for My brother Jeff to drive in from Riverside area in his 66 mustang fastback to cruise with us up north. One of travel partners Tim had a few hour head start in his 71 Satellite, and yet another was cruising in from Palm Springs. It was a chore to get everyone organized.

The plan was to start the drive up the coast on the 101 freeway, then cut across to pacific Coast Highway for the most scenic part of the drive. We left Van Nuys under a light rain, and as we climbed in elevation the fog just kept getting thicker. In Santa Barbara we took 154, a nice twisty road with switchbacks, climbs, dips, bridges, lakes, cows, farms, and few cars. At the highest point the fog was so thing visibility was about 50 feet. I loved that part of the drive. Car still performing flawlessly, and my brother Jeff trailing us in the Mustang. We met up with Tim and his traveling companion Maria in Solvang and continued our journey up the coast.

In san Luis Obispo we headed back to Pacific Coast Highway for the remainder of the trip. Beautiful ocean on the left, mountains, cows, and beautiful farms to the right. As the 3 of us were driving we were swapping positions so we always had a different view of the cars ahead, and we also swapped rides, and passengers. The day was just beautiful. We dropped the top about mid day, the sun was out and although cool, the ride was just perfect. I'lll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.

Internet signal is sketchy at best here, so our updates will be few. Today, Monday, we head east towards Yosemite. It has been raining all night, and the forecast puts rain on our schedule for the day of driving. A bummer, but we'll make the best of it.