I don’t even like driving to Stinson Beach. That’s a little north of Sausalito. Stinson B. has, or at least they used to have long twisty, lumpy roads. Never liked it, but I’m not a native Californian. I’ve heard some native folks say they took their first Driver’s Test in this same twisty area.
They may have been joking.
No, they were not joking. I earned my first license out on HiWay 1.
Funny thing is, no one in my family thought a thing about driving HiWay 1. I never have either. But what I have learned is this:
Many people have astigmatism, abnormal curvatures of eyeballs, and all sorts of strange ways of seeing things...and none of that is intentional but they may not see a curve the same way as we did or do...
In the end, it is a difficult high way to drive if you drive too damned fast. The guard rails don’t do it justice.
And people who are impatient of slower drivers or just impatient in general should NOT drive it.
I have always loved the views!!
We were driving Highway 1, north of San Francisco. North of Jenner, it becomes very steep with only a metal barrier to stop you from going over the side, if you make even one mistake. Going up to the beautiful hotel, the Timber Cove Inn, to celebrate my birthday, I could hardly open my eyes I was so frightened. Driving back down the road was even worse the next day. The whole area was covered in fog and I was just terrified. We’ve never gone back there.....and that is fine with me. Beautiful area, but impossible to deal with, for someone who is afraid of heights.
Been on that two-lane stretch going southbound to Stinson Beach many moons ago. At that time, there was a ginormous speed bump looking thing that ran along the edge of the cliffs to “bump” you back into the lane if you ran up against it. Not for the faint of heart.
Posted a funny story about that experience here on FR some months back.