Have you ever noticed how many car commercials are shot on a winding highway, high above the ocean, with nothing but a mountainous coastline and a shiny car in view?
The majority of these are shot on California’s Pacific Coast Highway.
Listed on National Geographic’s list of Drives of a Lifetime, this 1056 km (656 mi) highway runs down the majority of the west coast of the United States. The Big Sur section from San Luis Obispo to Carmel is an official National Scenic Byway.
Bloggers have catalogued their trips down the west coast by letting their pictures do the talking. Indeed there’s not much more to be said than “sheer beauty.”
You can click on the links above to see official information on these destinations. Or, you can take a look from the point of view of some recent west coast road trippers:
Seattle City – Mariners Style: @DaleTidy
Seattle to Vancouver “The Coast with the Most”: @SarahDickerman
West Coast Road Trip – Spokane to Anaheim: Craig Shillam
Road Trip Adventures – Santa Monica: @manicmanagedmom
