Stupid Travel (Driving) question - LA to Monterey

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

God! I want to get in my car a drive the hell away from here! My Sister used to live in Gualala, CA (which is on the coast at the southern end of Mendicino County). We used to do the 10 hour drive from LB to Gualala in a day but the end result was worth it. Once we got off the 101 in Petaluma (Hi SL), drove through lamb country to Bodega Bay life became incredibly good.

One trip we stopped in Berkely, then Gualala then continued along the coast to Trinidad to stay in some lovely little cottages. That was a GREAT trip!

I've always been fascinated by the Lost Coast of California. One day, I will go exploring there.

I'm with you, I had a painter friend from the East Coast who used to come out every spring to paint and would stay for months. She rented a cottage and it was foggy, mysterious, beautiful and untocuhed, I've not been up there in far too many years. Alas, she has since passed on and I don't know what happened to her art, she always promised me one.