ibr_adam09 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Yup, I want to visit through San Fran and LA. I don't know what else is there between them though. I was planning on hiking in Zion and Bryce? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Dude....skip LA. It's not worth it. Just north of SF is Muir Woods and south of SF is Pinnacles National Monument with talis caves you can hike, and whole host of things around Santa Cruz and Monterey and down Hwy 1 to Big Sur. Then in the Sierras the Lake Tahoe area if fantastic. I highly recommend kayaking Emerald Bay and hiking some in Desolation Wilderness. And that's just the beginning. Farther south in the Sierra is Calaveras Big Trees State Park (very close to my property up there in Dorrington), Yosemite, etc etc. I could keep you busy for a month just in NorCal. GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibr_adam09 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 (edited) That's what I'm looking for! But I'm only going to have 12-14 days to do all this lol. Yea, one of my friends said the same thing about LA, it's basically another Miami,.. and I don't like Miami. Is there a better route to take then from norcal area other than I-5 towards Vegas? Edited June 4, 2019 by ibr_adam09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Spend some time driving down Hwy 1 along the coast, in the summer the NorCal coast is cool, in the 60's and 70's, inland 30 miles it will be 90+ degrees. The CA central valley is pretty boring, just farmland and flat, so spend some time along the coastal mountains and inland in the Sierras Nevadas. GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Wife and I hiked into the Agassiz Tree in Calaveras Big Trees a couple summers ago. GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 This is Pinnacles National Monument GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 And we just did Hetch Hetchy one day a few months ago on a trip to Yosemite, it's about 30 miles north of Yosemite. It apparently rivaled Yosemite Valley before they dammed it up to make it a drinking water reservoir for San Francisco 200 miles away. It was awesome! GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibr_adam09 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 WOW, no wonder Cali is so popular, that's all so foreign to me lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DugsSin Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 . and I don't like Miami. A friggin men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcor Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Oh, and if you go to Denver to fly back, definitely do Pikes Peak. We are flying to Denver tomorrow for a short vacation and probably going there on Thursday (for the 3rd time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 (edited) WOW, no wonder Cali is so popular, that's all so foreign to me lolMy wife isn't a big fan of flying (she will but it takes convincing) and she always says we don't need to fly to go see things that we've never seen before. She's right. Both of us have pretty much lived our entire lives in California and travelled quite a lot around the State, and there is always a new area to explore. Rivers, little towns, beaches, big trees, hot springs, mountains, valleys, wine tasting, islands (Catalina, Angel Island, etc) flowers, historic trains, gold country, ghost towns, big cities. The variations in terrain and weather are unimaginable. Seriously, we rarely leave the State, and when we do it's usually to Oregon which is pretty close to as amazing. Edited June 4, 2019 by GTEASER GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibr_adam09 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Oh, and if you go to Denver to fly back, definitely do Pikes Peak. We are flying to Denver tomorrow for a short vacation and probably going there on Thursday (for the 3rd time). All I can think about is that video of the Evo crashing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 I took these pictures at Lake Alpine which is 45 minutes up the mountain from our property which sits at about 4800 feet of elevation. We kayak on the lake since no motor boats are allowed. GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubaboo Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 ^gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubaboo Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 My wife isn't a big fan of flying (she will but it takes convincing) and she always says we don't need to fly to go see things that we've never seen before. She's right. Both of us have pretty much lived our entire lives in California and travelled quite a lot around the State, and there is always a new area to explore. Rivers, little towns, beaches, big trees, hot springs, mountains, valleys, wine tasting, islands (Catalina, Angel Island, etc) flowers, historic trains, gold country, ghost towns, big cities. The variations in terrain and weather are unimaginable. Seriously, we rarely leave the State, and when we do it's usually to Oregon which is pretty close to as amazing. So true. The wife and I spent 10 days in CA this April and we barely made a dent in the list of places to see. San Francisco, Healdsburg, Napa, Sausalito, Sacramento (for the auto recyclers lol). Heck, we havent even seen all the places to see in the places we went to! Passed by Sears Point on the way to Napa on the off chance there would be anything interesting running. That was fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s2baru Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Oh, and if you go to Denver to fly back, definitely do Pikes Peak. We are flying to Denver tomorrow for a short vacation and probably going there on Thursday (for the 3rd time). Go to BeauJos pizza. Called Rocky MTN pies, known for heavy crust that you can put honey on. It's delicious. They used to sell the pie by how much it weighed rather than s,m, large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibr_adam09 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Looks like I'm going to have to camp in my car in some places. It is really wild out there! Should I pack extra gas/fluid/ etc then? ...the east side was easy lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandborn Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Just left Grand Cayman.. off to Jamaica. hehe. See ya all Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewdogg Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Just left Grand Cayman.. off to Jamaica. hehe. See ya all Sunday. Mmmm, A little Blue Mountain coffee, Jerk chicken, goat curry and some Ackee and saltfish... I love Jamaica! Have fun! You doing any of the sight seeing? Where you guys staying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zee199969 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Mmmm, A little Blue Mountain coffee, Jerk chicken, goat curry and some Ackee and saltfish... I love Jamaica! Have fun! You doing any of the sight seeing? Where you guys staying? I'm gonna guess he's doing a Carribbean cruise. Now, which boat are you on Shane? The USS Legacy? My "Build" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcor Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 I was in Denver a few days ago and after driving up Pikes Peak we went for dinner at Edelweiss (awesome German restaurant), found out Heuberger Subaru was less then 5 min away. Had to drive by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humble Rumble Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Found a local beauty spot recently only about 10 minutes from my place that I never knew existed before, tucked away in the middle of suburbia and surrounded by high hills, so it actually feels really secluded and beautiful. It was a really pretty day out so I decided to try my hand at some panoramic photography with my phone. Came out with a few really nice pictures. Also, the drive up to the beauty spot has some incredibly fun twisties that I totally didn't exceed the speed limit on or anything. 2012 Legacy 3.6R Build Thread 5th Gen Legacy BM/BR Body Kit Compendium Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_A_ron Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 I was in Denver a few days ago and after driving up Pikes Peak we went for dinner at Edelweiss (awesome German restaurant), found out Heuberger Subaru was less then 5 min away. Had to drive by. How does your Legacy handle driving down pike's peak? Are you able to engine brake? Do you have stock brakes? Build Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcor Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 (edited) How does your Legacy handle driving down pike's peak? Are you able to engine brake? Do you have stock brakes? We flew out and had a rental (Nissan Altima). It was a dog on Pikes Peak and around Denver. There was no way of putting it in low gear coming back down the Peak. It has D and Ds, no flappy paddles or manual mode. I left it in Ds on the way down so it would hold the fake CVT gears longer. Thankfully it made it through the brake check. We drove out to Denver 2 years ago....never again (rental car). That being said, I would love to have the GT out there to play on the mountain roads. Would hate to put the extra 1200 miles on it to get out there though. Edited June 13, 2019 by Falcor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_A_ron Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 We flew out and had a rental (Nissan Altima). It was a dog on Pikes Peak and around Denver. There was no way of putting it in low gear coming back down the Peak. It has D and Ds, no flappy paddles or manual mode. I left it in Ds on the way down so it would hold the fake CVT gears longer. Thankfully it made it through the brake check. We drove out to Denver 2 years ago....never again (rental car). That being said, I would love to have the GT out there to play on the mountain roads. Would hate to put the extra 1200 miles on it to get out there though. I know what you mean. I do wish I could take mine out there, put on the track pads, and have some fun. Would love to laugh at the brake guy when he says my brakes are 800 degrees and tell him I'm good to 1500 can I go now? Build Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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