Bjerknes

"Top Economist"
Mar 16, 2004
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LA and napa. I have 0 interest to visit cali for any leisurely reason.
I would go to Napa, but I'm big into wine. Honestly, I would probably like some of the lesser known wine regions more though. I am a huge fan of Santa Ynez/Santa Barbara county. LA is obviously a shit hole, but I sure do love San Diego and the Coachella Valley.
 

Post Ironic

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Feb 9, 2013
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I am water guy, not big into hiking
Do you surf?

North Cali has some incredible spots, secluded, lighter crowds… and the coastline is stunning. I’d highly recommend Shelter Cove as a place to visit, even if you don’t surf, The King Range National Conservation area and coastline and the Sinkyone Wilderness park there. If you’re not big into hiking there is lots of dope off-roading in the redwoods and mountains there.

Here’s a guide to one of the 4x4 routes from shelter cove there.

https://www.overlandtrailguides.com/amp/lost-coast-adventure-route

Also Anderson River Valley just south of there is less well known compared to Napa but also far less touristy and has some real gem vineyards and wineries.

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So for you a juve fan, barolo or barnaresco?
Barolo 100%. One of my faves.

I'm also a really big pinot noir guy too.
:agree:

I’ve tried a few good Barbarescos lately, but Barolo is the bee’s knees for me.
 

GordoDeCentral

Diez
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Apr 14, 2005
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Do you surf?

North Cali has some incredible spots, secluded, lighter crowds… and the coastline is stunning. I’d highly recommend Shelter Cove as a place to visit, even if you don’t surf, The King Range National Conservation area and coastline and the Sinkyone Wilderness park there. If you’re not big into hiking there is lots of dope off-roading in the redwoods and mountains there.

Here’s a guide to one of the 4x4 routes from shelter cove there.

https://www.overlandtrailguides.com/amp/lost-coast-adventure-route

Also Anderson River Valley just south of there is less well known compared to Napa but also far less touristy and has some real gem vineyards and wineries.

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:agree:

I’ve tried a few good Barbarescos lately, but Barolo is the bee’s knees for me.
I used to bodyboard when i was younger but i am all about diving now, one of the many reasons why i love asia
 

Bjerknes

"Top Economist"
Mar 16, 2004
116,134
Do you surf?

North Cali has some incredible spots, secluded, lighter crowds… and the coastline is stunning. I’d highly recommend Shelter Cove as a place to visit, even if you don’t surf, The King Range National Conservation area and coastline and the Sinkyone Wilderness park there. If you’re not big into hiking there is lots of dope off-roading in the redwoods and mountains there.

Here’s a guide to one of the 4x4 routes from shelter cove there.

https://www.overlandtrailguides.com/amp/lost-coast-adventure-route

Also Anderson River Valley just south of there is less well known compared to Napa but also far less touristy and has some real gem vineyards and wineries.

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:agree:

I’ve tried a few good Barbarescos lately, but Barolo is the bee’s knees for me.
Lost Coast looks amazing. I’ve been wanting to do the whole CA coast north of Morro Bay and up into Willamette in OR. Probably way too much to see for a two week trip though.
 

ALC

Ohaulick
Oct 28, 2010
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Do you surf?

North Cali has some incredible spots, secluded, lighter crowds… and the coastline is stunning. I’d highly recommend Shelter Cove as a place to visit, even if you don’t surf, The King Range National Conservation area and coastline and the Sinkyone Wilderness park there. If you’re not big into hiking there is lots of dope off-roading in the redwoods and mountains there.

Here’s a guide to one of the 4x4 routes from shelter cove there.

https://www.overlandtrailguides.com/amp/lost-coast-adventure-route

Also Anderson River Valley just south of there is less well known compared to Napa but also far less touristy and has some real gem vineyards and wineries.

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:agree:

I’ve tried a few good Barbarescos lately, but Barolo is the bee’s knees for me.
thinking of taking a trip to sequoia in April, should be fun
 

swag

L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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Me so excited for my next vacation I just might once I get there.

Cali or Switzerland, I wouldn't hang with crazies in carnivals with $1.50 hot dogs.

I saw that. Sadly they’re going to Baltimore instead of DC. Not going to that hell hole.
Whatchoo got against Jada Pinkett Smith?

Someone unabashedly asked me to go with them to cali, bro like you want me to spend my own money to go to that hellhole? I'll take a 1000 a day plus expenses for that shit.
It's expensive AF. I get there maybe once a year to hang at our tiny cottage in the blue collar parts of Napa town. We eat at home most of the time, because you cannot sneeze in Cali without paying $50.

Last December I went to a place that sold oysters. Their "happy hour special" was the cheapest wine on the menu: a $40 bottle of Languedoc. Dafuq...

I would go to Napa, but I'm big into wine. Honestly, I would probably like some of the lesser known wine regions more though. I am a huge fan of Santa Ynez/Santa Barbara county. LA is obviously a shit hole, but I sure do love San Diego and the Coachella Valley.
Napa is bloated for wine. Way overpriced, overly performative wines, and too many douches in expensive cars with sweaters around their shoulders.

Much better to go to Sonoma, even though that's gotten expensive. But there some are actual farmers still.

So better yet, you know have to go way west in Sonoma like the Fort Ross-Seaview Sonoma Coast for pinots and chardonnay that doesn't taste like you just drank Hawaiian Punch served in a wooden casket. Or places like the beer towns of Anderson Valley, etc. Santa Rita is great. But even Paso Robles is getting to be a bit over the top.

Contrast this with my travels last week in the Dão country for some Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro, Jaen, and Encruzado. You spend $20 on that and it's as good as a $80 Cali pinot or French Meursault. Damn, talk about old but still primitively rustic: stray dogs running on the highways, subsistence living in the fields in makeshift shacks, etc.

French Laundry one day
Great to go once. Pompous AF. Worth a try though. And my rule with places like that is to order to most foul-sounding food possible: that's where they reach the sublime. (Don't be ordering chicken or steak or some crap like that ... you want ground-up pig face rolled into a giant flower on your plate.)

Good day, soft taco men y hombres vergodas?
I've got your tres leches right here, buddy.

 

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