RedNeckGeek
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RNG, glad you aren't sliding off the mountain. Sad what this rain
did to Route 1, a road I bet you've driven many times.
The California Rains Have Ruined America's Favorite Road Trip

I was just through that closed section last July when I attended a motorcycle rally at the Laguna Seca racetrack. Not much happening at the track except a bunch of car guys wearing out tires, so I rode. The wildfires were still burning furiously inland from the coast, clouding the sky with smoke, but the Naciamento-Furgeson road inland was open and formed the southern boundary of the National Forest closure perimeter. Took a back way into Carmel Valley from the track, then south on 1, stopping for breakfast in Big Sur. Then farther south to the NF road. Stopped at the top for a picture, then rolled into Fort Hunter Liggett and Jolon beyond. There it was north to Greenfield where the Arroyo Seco road heads north and eventually changes name to Carmel Valley Road, more or less completing the loop.
Usta be an annual thing for me to ride down to Andrew Molera State Park where I'd camp close to the beach. There was always a sunny weekend in January, usually warmer than in summer because there'd be no fog.
I wouldn't worry too much about them fixing the road; the merchants will be screaming bloody murder until they do! Back in 2011 another section at Pitkin's Curve washed out and they spent close to forty million on the repair. Very ugly and not at all in keeping with the feel of the area, but they won't be having any trouble with that section anytime soon!:laughing: