[Jamo]

OK...a little different but a worthy route done by many of the California-based magazines when reviewing new stuff.

Ojai north on 33...beautiful canyon work after that lovely little village, opening up to big sweeping condor-country foothill/mountain terrain and down into the San Joaquin for a quick dash up to 46, which will take you over to Paso Robles, and Cambria and beyond to Monterey.

Here's another and a bit closer to home for you...a route I used to take weekly from Newport Beach into the desert, and what I consider to be the best haul ass drive in the state. Take the Ortega Highway from San Juan Capistrano over to the 15, and jog down to Temucula and catch the road around the backside of Palomar (or catch it by taking the road south from Hemet). Go through Warner Springs, etc. and hang a left at the bakery and head up and over through Julian. Now, the best part: As you down the grade, don't go to Borrego...hang a right and head towards Ocotillo...through the high grazing Rutherford Ranch and following the old Butterfield Stage route through the rocking and rolling desert beneth Mt. Laguna. You can head over to San Diego, or work your way through El Centro and Brawley and find your way back home with the Salton Sea on your right.

Or...head up 395 at the right time of the year with the Sierras on your left and enjoy the little towns. When you get up to Lee Vining, hang a right over Tioga Pass and drop down into Yosemite Valley...stay at the Awhanee or you're a fool. Then head down 41 through Fresno (I'll give your directions to pass by my house so I can give you the full moon) and head home via 58/395.

Or....north from Frisco on 1 through the Muir woods up to Bodega Bay and then turn east on any number of roads into Sonoma, etc.

Or...you want more?