Mimi Gallandt -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 MG> Ed Hulett -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 EH>> Mimi Gallandt -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 MG>>> Ed Hulett -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:

 EH>>>> Pacific Highway is old 99 and goes from SD to the
Canadian border. I
 EH>>>> live not far from Pacific Highway which parallels I-5.

 MG>>> It may be called 99 in Washington but here in CA its hwy 101 and only
 MG>>> parallels I5 until Orange county where I5 cuts inland.

 EH>> Both 99 and 101 go from SD to Canada although both highways are now
 EH>> segmented in places. As for the Pacific Highway name, it wasn't
 EH>> exclusive to one specific highway, but the name was used all the
 MG> way up
 EH>> from SD to the Canadian border.

 MG> I think you're missing what I'm saying, Pacific hwy is a city street in
 MG> San Diego, it isn't a hwy and never has been, in fact when it was built
 MG> it was named Atlantic Blvd. Yeah I don't get that either. Pacific Coast
 MG> Highway is a highway and runs along the coast through at least 5
 MG> California counties. PCH and Pacific hwy are not the same road.

I know. PCH is Highway 1 and travels through California Oregon and
Washington along the coast... as much as it can. The last bridge to be
built to complete PCH was the bridge across the Columbia from Oregon to
Washington.

The name "Pacific Highway" is used all the way from San Diego to
the Canadian border and is often part of old highway 99, but not always.

 MG>>> I5 does go all the way to Canada, but it goes all the way from
 MG> Mexico.

 EH>> 101 and 99 preceded I5 by several years.

 MG> California has a hwy 99 but it runs inland to Fresno and boring places
 MG> like that. :)

Yes, I know. 99 is inland while 101 is more toward the coast and intersects
with Highway 1 in several places.

 MG>>> There are signs
 MG>>> along 101 where it runs along city streets proclaiming Historic 101.

 EH>> We have the same signs up here along 101.

 MG> That would be very odd seeing as how there aren't any missions that far
 MG> north.

101 isn't historic because of the missions. 101 is historic because it is
one of the first highways that went the full length of California Oregon
and Washington.

 MG>>> Camino Real (King's Highway) runs most of the way parallel to 101.
 EH>> It is
 MG>>> the route taken bu Father Junipero Serra between the missions. The
 MG>>> missions are built one day's horse ride from each other.  :)

 EH>> I've been on both 101 and Camino Real between San Diego and San
 MG> Jose. A
 EH>> very scenic drive. I-5, by contrast, is boring beyond toleration.

 MG> and worse than that it runs through dairy country, far too much methane
 MG> around there. :)

I keep seeing those California dairy commercials about happy cows with
green rolling pastures and wonder where those are. All I've seen along I-5
are brown flat fields. :-)

Ed

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