If you're coming up as far as Gilroy on 101 why not continue up the east bay and take 580-505?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Shwaine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shwaine@shwaine.com">shwaine@shwaine.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Here's a little tip for future reference when the Grapevine closes (it's<br>
reopened now according to the CHP although traffic will probably be crazy<br>
for a while):<br>
<br>
Being from the area just north of the Grapevine and unfortunately familiar<br>
with how to bypass it, your only option other than sitting around waiting<br>
for it to reopen when 58 is also closed due to snow is to head up the 101<br>
along the coast. It'll still get you to Davis, just a longer drive (Google<br>
estimates 510 miles for the coastal route from LA to Davis vs 400 miles<br>
for the Grapevine/I-5 route).<br>
<br>
You can cut back over to I-5 at 46 (Paso Robles) or 152 (Gilroy) to avoid<br>
the Bay Area toll bridges. I personally prefer 152 when driving from here<br>
to the Bay Area as 46 is only a two-lane highway most of the way (one lane<br>
each way) which turns it into a white knuckle drive of dodging crazy<br>
people who are passing unsafely just to get from the valley to the coast<br>
(or vis versa) 10 minutes quicker.<br>
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On Mon, 21 Mar 2011, Bill Kendrick wrote:<br>
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> Stuck n of la. fyi it's my understanding that they're driving<br>
> (else grapevine closure wouldn't apply to them :) )<br>
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> Not sure if they made it further than me.<br>
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> -b!<br>
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> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 11:42:34AM -0700, giovanni_re wrote:<br>
>> I was curious if JW was gonna fly himself up, & if I could get an air<br>
>> lift from him from Berkeley up to LUGOD. (Perhaps you saw my post to<br>
>> the lugod list on that.)<br>
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