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In article <65446@cup.portal.com> ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith) writes:
>> I am soon going to drive from SF to LA for the first time.
>> What is the best book to get about stuff to see and do along the way?
>> I'm going to stop several times and take my time. I have seen at least
>> five general travel guides about Calif.
>
>(1) Don't take I-5.  There is nothing to see on I-5.
>
>(1a) If, for some reason, you DO take I-5, at the first whiff of cows,
>close all windows and vents.  There's a place where a bunch of cows
>spend all day standing next to I-5 radiating their presence.  If you
>don't close everything, you will be stuck with the smell of cows until
>at least Bakersfield.
>
Oh yes, the infamous Harris Ranch (producer of some of the best beef
west of Wichita). If you've never seen a herd of 20,000 beef cattle,
it's quite beautiful if maloderous.

>(2) There is some book about roadside geology.  I don't recall the title.
>It describes interesting geological features along various major freeways
>and roads.  I've only looked at it in bookstores, so can't tell you
>more.
>
I think the most beautiful route (especially in the Spring) would
take you down 1/101 to Santa Margharita and then inland on CA-58
to the Pozo Road. The oak country there is practically virginal.
I recommend the Pozo Tavern for lunch (oldest non-Spanish structure
in San Luis Obispo County) and then back to CA-58. Stop at the
Carrizo Rock near Soda Lake. The Chumash rock paintings there are
thought to be more than 2000 years old. The Carrizo Plain itself
is just spectacular, especially if covered in poppies and lupine.
You then come over the Temblor Range into Taft/McKittrick/Buttonwillow
and the oil fields. A little further on CA-166 and you're back on
I-5, having missed the Central Valley, and over the Grapevine to
LA.


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