Suggested Bay Area Drive
05-21-2012, 02:22 AM
#1
Instructor
Thread Starter
Suggested Bay Area Drive
Had a spectacular drive this weekend. Best drive of my life, in fact! Breathtaking. Unforgettable. This is one for your bucket list.
It was a winter of 2011-2012 with less snow than usual so this time of the year was perfect. Prior year snow accumulations woulda made this drive best accomplished a few weeks later....perhaps Memorial Day weekend or just after. The drive would be tremendous any time of the year but residual snow on the mountains made it all that much more worthwhile.
Start in SF. Drive the usual roads to Yosemite.....Hwy 120. Take 120 as the Tioga Pass Rd all the way thru the park and down out of the Sierras to Mono Lake. Take 395 north to Gardnerville NV and then find Hwy 207 to Tahoe. Spend the nite. Take Hwy 50 south then Hwy 89 south back to Hwy 395 then go south. Take Hwy 108 over the Sonora Pass back to 120 then back to SF.
Twists. Turns. Straightaways. Marked altitude changes. Up to a 26% grade. Minimal traffic. Sterring with the throttle. Upshifts Downshifts. rocketing to 100 mph to pass the occasional Toyota. EVERYTHING a Porsche enthusiast would hope for in a drive. And the most spectacular and breathtaking scenery imaginable.
The GTS performed admirably. What an amazing automobile!
It was a winter of 2011-2012 with less snow than usual so this time of the year was perfect. Prior year snow accumulations woulda made this drive best accomplished a few weeks later....perhaps Memorial Day weekend or just after. The drive would be tremendous any time of the year but residual snow on the mountains made it all that much more worthwhile.
Start in SF. Drive the usual roads to Yosemite.....Hwy 120. Take 120 as the Tioga Pass Rd all the way thru the park and down out of the Sierras to Mono Lake. Take 395 north to Gardnerville NV and then find Hwy 207 to Tahoe. Spend the nite. Take Hwy 50 south then Hwy 89 south back to Hwy 395 then go south. Take Hwy 108 over the Sonora Pass back to 120 then back to SF.
Twists. Turns. Straightaways. Marked altitude changes. Up to a 26% grade. Minimal traffic. Sterring with the throttle. Upshifts Downshifts. rocketing to 100 mph to pass the occasional Toyota. EVERYTHING a Porsche enthusiast would hope for in a drive. And the most spectacular and breathtaking scenery imaginable.
The GTS performed admirably. What an amazing automobile!
Last edited by LewisB; 05-21-2012 at 02:26 AM. Reason: typo
05-21-2012, 09:06 PM
#3
Instructor
Thread Starter
Here are a couple of videos from my recent drive. Its somewhat difficult to drive with the left hand and hold the camera with the right hand so quality suffered. At any rate, hope these inspire you to try this drive or to find your own great drives.
05-21-2012, 09:18 PM
#4
Race Director
Had a spectacular drive this weekend. Best drive of my life, in fact! Breathtaking. Unforgettable. This is one for your bucket list.
It was a winter of 2011-2012 with less snow than usual so this time of the year was perfect. Prior year snow accumulations woulda made this drive best accomplished a few weeks later....perhaps Memorial Day weekend or just after. The drive would be tremendous any time of the year but residual snow on the mountains made it all that much more worthwhile.
Start in SF. Drive the usual roads to Yosemite.....Hwy 120. Take 120 as the Tioga Pass Rd all the way thru the park and down out of the Sierras to Mono Lake. Take 395 north to Gardnerville NV and then find Hwy 207 to Tahoe. Spend the nite. Take Hwy 50 south then Hwy 89 south back to Hwy 395 then go south. Take Hwy 108 over the Sonora Pass back to 120 then back to SF.
Twists. Turns. Straightaways. Marked altitude changes. Up to a 26% grade. Minimal traffic. Sterring with the throttle. Upshifts Downshifts. rocketing to 100 mph to pass the occasional Toyota. EVERYTHING a Porsche enthusiast would hope for in a drive. And the most spectacular and breathtaking scenery imaginable.
The GTS performed admirably. What an amazing automobile!
It was a winter of 2011-2012 with less snow than usual so this time of the year was perfect. Prior year snow accumulations woulda made this drive best accomplished a few weeks later....perhaps Memorial Day weekend or just after. The drive would be tremendous any time of the year but residual snow on the mountains made it all that much more worthwhile.
Start in SF. Drive the usual roads to Yosemite.....Hwy 120. Take 120 as the Tioga Pass Rd all the way thru the park and down out of the Sierras to Mono Lake. Take 395 north to Gardnerville NV and then find Hwy 207 to Tahoe. Spend the nite. Take Hwy 50 south then Hwy 89 south back to Hwy 395 then go south. Take Hwy 108 over the Sonora Pass back to 120 then back to SF.
Twists. Turns. Straightaways. Marked altitude changes. Up to a 26% grade. Minimal traffic. Sterring with the throttle. Upshifts Downshifts. rocketing to 100 mph to pass the occasional Toyota. EVERYTHING a Porsche enthusiast would hope for in a drive. And the most spectacular and breathtaking scenery imaginable.
The GTS performed admirably. What an amazing automobile!
Another nice route is 50 east across Nevada and points east. Be aware deer are a real hazard out there though on the loneliest highway in America.
Sincerely,
Macster.
