Wow, what a drive....

[blake at clockworm.com (Blake Irvin)]

so THAT was why it felt so long.

don't forget heavy sea-fog - that's what I had - visibility was about  
150ft!

blake/

On Dec 7, 2005, at 10:02 AM, Marc Getty wrote:

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> Blake Irvin wrote:
>> the driving experience i remember best from that trip is
>> coming down to the big sur area along 101 at around 3am -
>> felt like miles of s- curves (i think it was 30?) - by the
>> time i got out of the curves, i was so physically and
>> psychologically exhausted (no power steering on the (heavily
>> overloaded) civic) that i thought i was going to lost it on
>> the next curve.  so we stopped for a break.  and heard, upon
>> stepping out of the car into a dense fog, the biggest sound
>> of surf i've ever heard in my life.  i can only assume (it
>> was literally pitch black) that we were just next to a
>> sea-cliff.  but i had the shakes too bad to try finding the
>> edge...
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> Not 30 miles of S curves, try 74!
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> See: <http://endearth.org/pc135435_sm.jpg> and
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> I've driven it from north to south twice, both during the day. You  
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> given me a new challenge: drive it at night! :-)
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> -Marc
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